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Tuesday 28 July 2026

LG Energy Solution sues EVE Energy in US over cylindrical battery patents

LG Energy Solution has filed patent infringement proceedings against Chinese battery maker EVE Energy in the US over cylindrical lithium-ion...

Tuesday 28 July 2026

Apple, Micron's clash over CXMT puts White House in the middle

Apple and Micron are fighting over whether the smartphone maker can buy memory chips from Chinese manufacturer ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) for non-US devices, a move opposed...

Tuesday 28 July 2026

Moonshot AI opens Kimi K3 weights, challenging US closed-model economics

Moonshot AI officially released the model weights for its Kimi K3 large language model on July 27, allowing developers to download,...

Tuesday 28 July 2026

Nvidia's Vera targets AI server growth, with CSP adoption the key test

Nvidia is pushing into the server CPU market with its Vera chip as AI infrastructure competition enters a new phase, seeking to evolve from a chip supplier into a full AI computing...

Tuesday 28 July 2026

From models to chips: Anthropic chip ambitions pull Korea deeper into the AI silicon race

The push toward deeper sovereign control over the critical hardware stack underpinning AI models is gaining traction following news of Anthropic's outreach to SK hynix for supplies...

Tuesday 28 July 2026

Energy storage unicorn expands in Baotou as China's industry chain accelerates integration

Inner Mongolia HyperStrong Technology is a major production subsidiary established by Beijing HyperStrong Technology in Baotou, Inner Mongolia. Its development offers a useful case...

Tuesday 28 July 2026

Optics remain hardest technological hurdle for smart glasses, says Jorjin chairman

Jorjin Technology chairman Wen-lung Liang believes that smart glasses that combine AI with spatial computing are the next smartphone-killers, going beyond mere hardware upgrades to...

Tuesday 28 July 2026

Smart glasses with color displays could enter mass production by 2028

Taiwan's smart glasses supply chain urgently needs to break down technical silos and move first, according to industry executives speaking at a forum on July 24 on the outlook for...

Tuesday 28 July 2026

China faces AI compute divide as advanced capacity falls short and lower-tier resources sit underused

China's AI computing infrastructure is developing along two sharply divergent paths. As large language models and AI agents gain traction across industries, rapidly rising token consumption...

Monday 27 July 2026

South Korea, AMD team up to integrate homegrown NPUs with CPUs and GPUs

South Korea and AMD have agreed to build and demonstrate heterogeneous AI computing infrastructure integrating AMD CPUs and GPUs with homegrown neural processing units, as Seoul seeks...

Monday 27 July 2026

Apple reportedly delays smart glasses launch to late 2027 due to privacy risks

Apple plans to present its first smart glasses during its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June 2027 before opening them for sale later in the year. This timeline has reportedly...

Monday 27 July 2026

Samsung converts AMD and OpenAI ties into HBM4 supply wins

Samsung Electronics is showing renewed momentum in the AI memory race as it deepens ties with both OpenAI and AMD, two partnerships...

Monday 27 July 2026

CXMT tops A-share market cap on IPO debut

Chinese DRAM maker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) listed on the STAR Market of the Shanghai Stock Exchange on July 27, with its market capitalization briefly topping CNY3.6 trillion...

Monday 27 July 2026

CATL profit climbs 42%, but storage price pressure tests its global lead

CATL reported a 42% rise in first-half 2026 net profit as electric-vehicle and energy-storage battery shipments surged, although weaker...

Monday 27 July 2026

Nvidia's Vera CPU targets go beyond Intel and AMD

After Nvidia has grown into a global giant on GPUs, why is it suddenly delving into CPUs? At first glance, its Vera is entering the server CPU market, where its rivals are naturally...

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