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Monday 21 August 2023
In China's battle for AI, Huawei hands in its results first while Xiaomi's LLM evaluation is revealed
Xiaomi recently revealed its LLM for the first time. Data from evaluation platforms C-Eval and CMMLU is revealed as well. Chinese smartphone brands are joining the LLM race one after...
Monday 21 August 2023
CATL takes on BYD in LFP battery field with new superfast-charging LFP battery
Chinese battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL) launched its Shenxing 4C superfast-charging lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery on August 16, which will...
Monday 21 August 2023
Oversupply of power batteries in China puts pressure on EV supply chains
Rising levels of China's power battery inventories are becoming increasingly obvious, which is putting pressure on China's electric vehicle (EV) supply chain, according to sources.
Monday 21 August 2023
Weekly news roundup: China is 5 generations behind US and other top stories
These are the most-read news stories in the week of August 14-18, 2023 on DIGITIMES Asia website:
Friday 18 August 2023
China's gallium exports in limbo after start of curbs
China's push to control its exports of gallium has sent international prices for the metal used in semiconductors to a 10-month high as suppliers await official approvals to ship...
Friday 18 August 2023
Huawei rumored to be testing 5G chip and SoC, targeting flagship handset market
As Huawei's Executive Director and CEO of the Consumer Business Group, Richard Yu, loudly declared in early August that "Huawei's flagship smartphones are making a comeback," the...
Friday 18 August 2023
Qualcomm and MediaTek partner to facilitae LLM on Xiaomi smartphones
As 2023 becomes the year for large language models (LLMs), Lei Jun, Chairman and CEO of Xiaomi, emphasized recently that fully embracing LLMs is Xiaomi's upcoming strategy. Enabling...
Friday 18 August 2023
Drivers in China probably take responsibility first in accidents caused by autonomous vehicles
China has been aggressively developing level 3 vehicle autonomy in recent years. According to local media reports, the country has formed a shared opinion that the driver of an L3...
Friday 18 August 2023
Andes expects 2H23 sales to make up for lackluster 1H
Andes Technology has no grounds for pessimism, according to Frankwell Lin, chairman and CEO of the embedded processor IP provider. With the start of the traditional peak season and...
Friday 18 August 2023
Macroblock expects price war in LED supply chain to end soon
LED driver IC design house Macroblock has seen its Chinese counterparts raise their quotes, which is expected to end the price war, according to the Taiwan-based company.
Friday 18 August 2023
Leading Chinese scholar Wei Shaojun proposes new chip architecture for AI applications
At a time when China's tech companies are frantically scrambling for Nvidia's high-end GPU chips to catch generative AI business opportunities, Wei Shaojun, a professor at Tsinghua...
Friday 18 August 2023
Import restrictions expected to reverse falling shipments in India's PC market
India saw another fall in PC shipments as the demand in the commercial segment remained weak and sluggish. India may witness a recovery in PC demand due to improving consumer sentiment...
Thursday 17 August 2023
China smartphone market shipments remain in weak state until 4Q23, says DIGITIMES Research
Smartphone shipments to the China market came to 62.8 million units in the second quarter of 2023, edging upward 0.6% from a quarter ago and decreasing 2.2% from a year ago, according...
Thursday 17 August 2023
Tesla rolls out FSD in China, implying active supercomputer
Both Mercedes-Benz with its level 3 automated driving and Tesla have actively approached China with their full self-driving solutions (FSD). Despite not yet receiving formal approval...
Thursday 17 August 2023
Bosch urges Taiwanese government to specify hydrogen policy
Hydrogen economy has become the goal that Bosch will pursue in the following years. Andreas Schmidt, managing director of Bosch Taiwan, said Taiwan still needs more time to mature...