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Global Memory Shortage: Report Says 1b DRAM Wafer Cost per Square Millimeter Carries 54% Premium Over TSMC N2

ITHome reported on September 25 that the latest data from South Korean semiconductor analysis firm Kernel Insight shows the cost per square millimeter of 1b DRAM wafers has reached $0.654, or about 4.4 yuan at current exchange rates, 54% higher than the $0.424, or about 2.8 yuan, for TSMC N2 wafers. ITHome note: 1b DRAM wafers refer to DDR5 dynamic random-access memory manufactured on the 1b process node, a sub-10nm-class node. “1b” means the memory-cell feature size has entered the sub-10nm range, with bit density of about 0.436 Gb per square millimeter.…

Report Says ASUS Motherboard Factory Has Notified Across-the-Board October Price Increases of About 5% to 10%

ITHome reported on September 25 that the WeChat public account ChannelGate Shibo Heju published a post yesterday, September 24, saying ASUS’ motherboard factory has notified partners of a broad and significant price increase in October. ITHome provides the relevant information below: Due to rising upstream raw material costs, as well as TSMC raising prices for motherboard chipsets by around 10%, motherboard cost prices are effectively being forced up by at least 10% to 15%. Otherwise, motherboard brands would have to sell at a loss. ASUS previously raised prices by only 5 to 20 yuan on some models, far short of the needed increase, while many models saw no price increase at all, possibly to meet its Q3 peak target. According to the latest information, ASUS…

BOE Upgrades TSF Ultra-Wide Color Gamut OLED Technology, Reaching 98.7% BT.2020 Coverage

ITHome reported on September 25 that, according to BOE Innovation Hub, BOE has recently upgraded its TSF (TADF-Sensitized Fluorescence) ultra-wide color gamut OLED technology. Building on the introduction of a Tandem device structure, BOE has integrated COE (Color Filter on Encapsulation) technology, raising BT.2020@CIE1976 color-gamut coverage to 98.7%. The technology also delivers 2,500 nits of brightness while reducing power consumption by 37%. ITHome has learned that the exhibit will appear at BOE Global in 2026…

HMD Vibe2 Pro Officially Announced: MediaTek Dimensity 6400 Chip, 64MP Main Camera

ITHome reported on September 25 that tech outlet GSMArena published a post today, September 25, saying HMD plans to launch the Vibe2 Pro smartphone on September 29, after releasing the Vibe2 in May this year. The phone will feature a MediaTek Dimensity 6400 chip, up to 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. On the battery side, the HMD Vibe2 Pro will come with a 6,000mAh battery and support 33W wired fast charging. It will also retain a 3.5mm headphone jack and be available in purple, gray and green after launch. For photography, the Vi…

Corning Expands Polarcor Glass Polarizer Capacity to Meet Optical Demand From AI Data Centers

ITHome reported on September 25 that Corning announced on September 24 it will expand manufacturing capacity for Polarcor glass polarizers to meet rising demand from AI data centers and computing applications. The expansion will increase Corning’s production capacity for engineered glass polarizers. These products are widely used in optical isolators and other laser optics, and are a key component in advanced optical and photonic systems. Corning has also reached a new multi-year supply agreement with a leading active photonics technology company. According to Corning, the multi-year deal will provide long-term, stable supply assurance for key customers. As AI workloads continue to scale, data centers…

World's First All-Weather Aerostat Debuts in Sichuan: Five Years Aloft, Covering About 2,000 Square Kilometers

ITHome reported on September 25 that Beijing Yufeng Flight Technology Co. announced the debut ceremony for the Yunshao M1000-CNS, billed as the world’s first all-weather aerostat, was held on September 22 at the Yunshao Aerostat Industry-Education Integration Headquarters Base in Rong County, Zigong, Sichuan. The air-based platform, which can remain aloft continuously for five years and integrates communications, navigation, monitoring and meteorological sensing, has a diameter of 21 meters and an overall length of 24 meters. It integrates wind power, photovoltaics and energy storage into a unified power supply system, can withstand complex weather conditions including wind, rain, snow, ice and lightning, and supports all-weather operations. Unlike conventional flexible aerostats, the product combines a flexible lifting-body envelope with a rigid payload bay, power system and tethering system for integrated load-bearing and attitude control, while the outer envelope is responsible only for durability…

Refreshed Mercedes-Maybach S-Class Sedan Goes on Sale With Advanced Intelligent Driver-Assistance System

On Sept. 25, Mercedes-Benz announced the launch of the facelifted Mercedes-Maybach S-Class sedan, priced from 1.398 million yuan. The new model measures 5,485 mm in length with a 3,396 mm wheelbase, and debuts Mercedes-Benz’s self-developed MB.OS architecture and latest intelligent human-machine interaction system. Its high-end rear-seat entertainment system, led by the company’s China team, uses an on-device multimodal VLM large model. The car is equipped with an urban and highway navigation-assisted driving system jointly developed by Mercedes-Benz and Momenta, and comes standard with active rear-wheel steering offering a ±10° steering angle. In addition, the front grille is 20% larger than the previous generation, while the upright three-pointed star on the hood, the grille outline and the “MAYBACH” lettering in the grille frame all feature illumination for the first time…

Dongfeng Motor General Manager Feng Changjun Meets With China Resources Group General Manager Wang Cuijun

On September 23, Feng Changjun, general manager and deputy Party secretary of Dongfeng Motor, held a working meeting in Shenzhen with Wang Cuijun, general manager and deputy Party secretary of China Resources Group. The two sides held in-depth discussions on expanding broad, multi-sector cooperation, reached wide-ranging consensus, and agreed to establish a regular coordination mechanism. At the meeting, they discussed areas including new energy charging and energy storage, hydrogen applications, zero-carbon factory construction, business model innovation, the development of automotive-grade chips, coordination in international business, centralized procurement of official vehicles, and preferential car purchases for employees.

Doubao Marginalizes Doubao

Doubao Is Getting Bigger

SK hynix and Samsung Reportedly Finalize Jeonnam-Gwangju Chip Project Plans as Semiconductor Expansion Accelerates

ITHome reported on September 25 that South Korea’s proposed Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special City today disclosed materials related to corporate consultations with SK hynix and Samsung Electronics over a semiconductor cluster in the Honam region, a Korean term covering North Jeolla, South Jeolla and Gwangju Metropolitan City. Yonhap News Agency reported that the two companies involved in the cluster separately stressed the need to secure large-scale land and accelerate the implementation of investment plans, with the related investment concepts being gradually refined. The materials show that SK hynix clearly expressed its intention to secure as much large-scale production land as possible at the Gwangju military airport site. After the investment plan was announced, Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special City immediately set up a dedicated communication channel with SK hynix, and since July 2026…

DeepSeek Harness Official Desktop Preview Leaks Early

IT Home reported on September 25 that DeepSeek Harness has quietly launched an official desktop version, currently available as a developer preview with the version number V0.1.7-rc.2. DeepSeek Harness was previously offered through a WebUI; the new desktop version does not require installing Node.js, opening a terminal, or manually running npx@deepseek-ai / dsh. It currently supports Windows x64 and macOS Apple Silicon (M series). The current release remains a developer preview, so its stability and compatibility may be limited. Users are advised to…

New-Generation Mercedes-Maybach S-Class Sedan Goes on Sale With Advanced Intelligent Driver-Assistance System, Starting at 1.398 Million Yuan

ITHome reported on September 25 that the new-generation Mercedes-Maybach S-Class sedan has gone on sale, starting at 1.398 million yuan: the S 680 is priced at 3.353 million yuan, the S 580 Night Series Edition at 2.699 million yuan, the S 580 at 2.527 million yuan, and the S 480 at 1.398 million yuan. The new model debuts Mercedes-Benz’s MB.OS architecture and the latest-generation intelligent human-machine interaction system, applies an on-device multimodal VLM large model, and comes equipped with an advanced intelligent driver-assistance system. With future OTA updates, it will become one of the first luxury gasoline-powered vehicles to feature Momenta’s R7 world model. ITHome learned that the new model adopts a more…

Insta360 Is Moving Into AI Glasses, May Use a “Split Battery” Design

At midday on Sept. 25, a person close to Insta360 said the company is currently positioning itself in the AI glasses market and carrying out related R&D, with plans that could lead to its own AI glasses product in the future. Insta360 had previously been granted a utility model patent titled “wearable glasses.” According to the patent abstract, the glasses body is worn on the head, while the battery unit is separated from the frame and worn elsewhere on the body, supplying power through an electrical cable. The aim is to “reduce the load on the user’s head and ease the pressure of long-term wear.” This “split battery” design differs sharply from the mainstream AI glasses approach of placing batteries inside the temples, and is closer to an engineering direction built around long-duration wearable shooting.

Tesla Releases Latest Incentives: Limited-Time 5,000 Yuan Final-Payment Discount Across the Model 3 Lineup

On Sept. 25, Tesla posted on @Tesla announcing that for orders placed by Oct. 31, 2026, inclusive, all Model 3 variants will receive a limited-time 5,000 yuan reduction on the final payment, while selected Model Y variants will receive a limited-time 7,000 yuan reduction. Other offers include five-year, zero-interest financing and an 8,000 yuan insurance subsidy for selected Model 3 variants. After discounts, the Model 3 starts at 222,500 yuan, while the Model Y starts at 256,500 yuan.

RSI Is Rewriting the Foundation Model Race: Chinese Firms Race Toward IPOs as Silicon Valley Giants Tap the Brakes

AI’s recursive self-improvement, or RSI, is drawing sharply different responses.

U.S. Foundation Models Are Also Starting a Price War

After competing on parameter counts, foundation models are finally competing on price.

Interview With Qualcomm China Chairman Frank Meng: AI Is Forming a Closed Loop, but the Real Agent Era Has Yet to Arrive

The old logic of chip competition is being rewritten by AI.

Tesla’s Autumn Promotion: Model 3 Final Payment Cut by 5,000 Yuan, Model Y by 7,000 Yuan

ITHome, Sept. 25 — Tesla China today announced a limited-time Mid-Autumn Festival promotion. For orders placed by Oct. 31, 2026, inclusive, all Model 3 variants are eligible for a 5,000 yuan reduction on the final payment, while selected Model Y variants are eligible for a 7,000 yuan reduction. In addition to the final-payment discount, buyers can also stack a five-year, zero-interest financing plan and a limited-time 8,000 yuan paint-option benefit. Exclusive charging benefits offer three options, and some Model 3 variants are also eligible for an 8,000 yuan insurance subsidy. ITHome notes that the promotion covers both the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays, with Oct. 31 as the order deadline. Among them, Tes...

Apple’s macOS 27 Removes Six Features Including Boot Camp, Marking the End of the Intel Mac Era

ITHome, Sept. 25 — Tech outlet MacRumors today (Sept. 25) published a post outlining features Apple has removed in macOS 27 Golden Gate, including the formal end of support for Intel Macs. 1. Ending support for Intel Macs: macOS Golden Gate is the first version of macOS that runs only on Macs with Apple chips. Citing the post, ITHome reported that Intel Macs cannot run this version and can go no further than macOS 26 Tahoe. No...

One of a Kind: 3D Artist Buys Used RTX 5090 and Finds It Is a Jensen Huang-Signed Card

ITHome, Sept. 25 — Tech outlet Tom’s Hardware reported in a blog post yesterday (Sept. 24) that a 3D artist bought a one-of-a-kind white ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 OC graphics card on the secondhand market, complete with NVIDIA Chief Executive Jensen Huang’s handwritten signature. It is the only such card in the world. The artist said he recently bought two NVIDIA RTX 5090 graphics cards on the secondhand market to advance a 3D project. One was the white ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 OC edition. The seller said it carried the signature of an ASUS executive, but when the buyer opened the package, he found it was Huang...

NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang: If Frontier Labs Cannot Control AI, They Must Be Shut Down

ITHome, Sept. 25 — In an interview with The New York Times, NVIDIA Chief Executive Jensen Huang said that if frontier labs cannot control AI safety, “we have to shut down those labs.” Citing a blog post, ITHome reported that Huang was responding to real-world “jailbreak” attacks on frontier AI models from companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and Google. He said that if frontier labs cannot control their AI experiments, those experiments must stop. Huang said AI experiments that produce rogue agents could trigger civil and criminal liability, and that labs would have to bear the consequences. Now...

U.S. Stocks Close Mixed; Meta Hits Highest Level Since Last September, Intel Posts Highest Close Since July

The three major U.S. stock indexes closed mixed, with the Dow down 0.31%, the S&P 500 down 0.02% and the Nasdaq up 0.01%. Memory chip stocks led declines: Arm fell nearly 8%, Western Digital dropped nearly 5%, SanDisk fell more than 3%, and Seagate Technology and SK Hynix each lost more than 1%. Cloud computing service providers rose, with Nebius up more than 7% and CoreWeave up more than 3%. Meta gained more than 4%, reaching its highest level since last September, after the company released the handheld AI device Muse Charm. Intel rose nearly 4%, marking its highest close since July. The company is working with Alibaba Cloud on a lightweight cloud browser for large-scale agents. Gen Digital fell more than 12%, hitting its lowest level since 2…

Qualcomm Bets on the AI Ecosystem: One Software Stack for All Devices, Mojo to Natively Support Windows 11

ITHome reported from the scene on September 25 that on the second day of the 2026 Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii, Chris Lattner, senior vice president of advanced AI software and platforms at Qualcomm Technologies, delivered a keynote saying competition in the AI industry is gradually shifting from a contest of chips to a contest of ecosystems. In the keynote, Lattner said AI software is often deeply tied to specific hardware: if developers switch to another company’s chips, they may need to re-adapt, optimize and debug their work. Lattner introduced the Modular platform, whose goal is to allow the same AI…

NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang: AI Will Not Inevitably Eliminate Any Job, and ‘AI Destroying Humanity Within 10 Years’ Is Nonsense

ITHome reported on September 25 that in an interview with The New York Times, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang said the current panic over AI among the industry and the public has gone too far, and argued that AI will not necessarily replace jobs, but will first replace tasks. Huang broke work down into tasks, such as writing code, organizing materials and replying to customers, and purposes, such as diagnosing diseases, solving engineering problems and serving customers. He said AI typically automates specific tasks first and will not inevitably wipe out an entire occupation. For example, software agents may generate large amounts of code, but software engineers still need to understand requirements, design systems, weigh risks, verify results and connect technology to real-world problems. Huang used…

Meta’s AI Agent Muse Found Able to Export Large Numbers of Files from Virtual Machines

ITHome reported on September 25 that tech outlet MacObserver published a post yesterday, September 24, saying Meta Muse was found able, with a simple prompt, to package and return large numbers of Linux files from a user-specific virtual machine. Two developers, Peter James and Jonny L. Saunders, have independently reproduced the issue. The files included system files, app templates, internal runtime documents, Markdown and JSON files, and more. The exported files could expose Muse’s internal operating mechanisms, including request handling, memory storage, service connections and background tasks. Among them…

Transsion’s Infinix Launches GT NX Mobile Gaming Peripherals: Touchpad Controller and Dock-Cooling Hybrid

ITHome reported on September 25 that Infinix, a brand under Transsion, yesterday launched two GT NX-series mobile gaming peripherals: the GT NX Controller, featuring what it calls the world’s first pixel-level FPS precision touchpad, and the GT NX Station, which is the first to integrate a TEC, or thermoelectric cooler, into a docking station. ITHome learned that the GT NX Controller uses a three-chip low-latency architecture for millisecond-level direct connectivity and offers more than 22 hours of battery life. Its glass touchpad supports both swipe and mouse operation modes and can be mapped to MOBA skill buttons. It also has three levels of haptic…

Google's TPUs to catch some rays in orbit next week

Part of Project Suncatcher, the proof of concept aims to see how well lightly modified compute fares in orbit

Can we power it? Yes we GaN

Is the data center industry finally catching up to the promise of gallium nitride?

Ask HPE and NVIDIA the AI data question you cannot ask in public

Matt Rosoff chairs a Register roundtable with HPE and NVIDIA on data sovereignty in the AI era, off the record, in Washington

Tower Semiconductor to establish large-scale optical chip hub as part of $4bn Japanese investment pledge

CEO provides further details regarding expansion plans announced earlier this year

Sponsored: Powering the AI data center era: Why UPS battery technology needs to evolve

The rise of AI infrastructure is forcing data centers to rethink backup power strategies

Oracle issues force majeure notice to Blue Owl following series of setbacks at Project Jupiter data center campus – report

The 2.5GW site in New Mexico is set to come online in 2028

U.S. Stocks Open Lower, Oracle Falls 5%

The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.31%, the S&P 500 down 0.49% and the Nasdaq Composite down 0.74%. Most popular stocks fell: NVIDIA was down 1.24%, Apple down 0.08%, Alphabet Class A down 0.26%, Microsoft down 1.46%, Amazon down 1.11%, TSMC down 1.23%, SpaceX down 1.06%, Broadcom down 1.6%, Tesla down 0.8%, SK Hynix down 1.93%, Micron Technology down 1.8%, Advanced Micro Devices down 1.55% and ASML down 2...

Xu Fei Confirms Xiaomi 18 Pro Series Will Go Global With International Versions

ITHome, Sept. 24 — Xiaomi Group Vice President and CMO Xu Fei announced today on X that the Xiaomi 18 Pro series will be released globally with international versions. ITHome understands that in recent years, Xiaomi’s flagship slab phones have typically seen international releases only for the standard-numbered models and Ultra models. For reference, the Xiaomi 18 Pro uses a new generation of Xiaomi’s self-developed display packaging process, with ultra-narrow 0.99 mm bezels on all four sides. The body uses a large micro-curved four-sided middle frame for a rounder feel, features an integrated flat rear display, debuts the sixth-generation Snapdragon 8 Elite Edition, and starts at 5,999 yuan. The Xiaomi 18 Pro Max will first...

NVIDIA GeForce NOW Cloud Gaming Update Adds Nine Games, With Googlebook Support Coming Soon

ITHome, Sept. 24 — NVIDIA has again pushed an update to its GeForce NOW cloud gaming platform. This week, members get nine additional games playable through the cloud, provided they already own the corresponding titles, including the officially released Control Resonant. GeForce NOW will also soon support another platform. GeForce NOW was officially released today for Google’s new laptop category, Googlebook, with support planned to go live this fall. Users will then be able to access the full GeForce NOW cloud gaming...

A First Step Toward a Space Data Center? Google to Launch Test Satellite Next Week That Can Handle Simple AI Queries

ITHome, Sept. 24 — The Wall Street Journal reported this evening that Google plans to send an experimental satellite, MVP, into orbit on Oct. 1 local time. MVP has enough computing power to process and answer simple AI queries directly in space. MVP is part of Google’s ambitious Project Suncatcher, which ITHome notes can be translated literally as the “Sun-catching Project.” Google hopes to deploy AI data centers in space and power them with solar energy. MVP is scheduled to lift off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base near Santa Barbara, California, and enter Earth orbit...

MINISFORUM Launches UM780L Slim Mini PC With 0.77-Liter Chassis and Onboard LPDDR5X-7500

ITHome, Sept. 24 — MINISFORUM today announced the launch of the UM780L Slim mini PC. The model is built around AMD’s Ryzen 7 7840HS processor, comes with onboard LPDDR5X-7500 memory, and has a volume of just 0.77 liters and a weight of 0.6 kg. The UM780L Slim measures 130 × 126 × 47.2 mm and offers two M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 4 ×4 slots, with built-in Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 wireless connectivity. For cooling, it uses phase-change TIM paired with a turbine fan. In silent mode...

Talk of AI in KDE sets the community ablaze

A desktop pitch and an attempt to curb LLM slop descended into very human mayhem

Woodway to build 22-mile gas pipeline for undisclosed data center in US

Will serve the data center behind the meter

QuEra partners with HPE to integrate quantum computer within Cray-powered HPC environments

Quantum firm now offering access to systems via both on-premises deployments and the cloud

Victoria, Australia, proposes rules requiring data centers to secure own renewable energy supply

Alongside several other provisions to prevent cost shifting and excessive water use

SiPearl delivers first samples of Rhea1 CPU to Bull for Jupiter exascale supercomputer

First order of SiPearl’s Rhea1 processors

China's S-AIDC orbits Supercomputing-1 satellite to cut Earth observation processing times

Chinese private companies continue to invest in STEM-led space compute capability

Testing Doubao Work: Can a company built on killing time make a product that saves time?

It shortened execution time but raised the cost of acceptance.

Sinnet plans to add 1.265 billion yuan to its Horinger AI data center project

Eddie Wu’s first task is to ‘find work’ for 20 GW

AI competition shifts to computing power utilization

Moore Threads says MTT S5000 now supports ByteDance’s open-source Protenix-v2 biomolecular structure prediction model

ITHome reported on September 24 that Moore Threads announced today its MTT S5000 training-and-inference AI accelerator has completed end-to-end inference support for Protenix-v2, an open-source biomolecular structure prediction model. According to ITHome, Protenix-v2 was developed by ByteDance’s Seed team and released in April 2026. It has matched or even surpassed DeepMind’s AlphaFold 3 on several core benchmarks, making it one of the few open-source foundation models globally capable of high-precision, end-to-end prediction of complexes involving proteins, DNA, RNA and small-molecule ligands. The MTT S5000’s latest...

For MariaDB, LLMs are the new search engines to win over

Its vector search is ready, but coding assistants keep pointing developers toward other databases, says the foundation's chairman

The hidden cost of commodity thinking

Choosing the right PG25 for data center cooling

Liang Wenfeng Uses a Sandbox to Kick-Start RSI

DeepSeek Publishes Paper With Tsinghua University, With Liang Wenfeng Listed as an Author

Wuhan Optics Valley to Build 6G Industrial Pilot Zone, With China’s Largest Planned 6G Integrated Test Network Expected Next Year

ITHome reported on September 24 that, according to a post today from the “China Optics Valley” WeChat account, Hubei Mobile will work with industry partners including CICT Mobile, the Zhongguancun Institute of Ubiquitous-X Innovation and Applications, and Huazhong University of Science and Technology to build a 6G industrial pilot zone in Wuhan Optics Valley. According to a person in charge at Hubei Mobile’s Yangtze River Research Institute, the pilot zone is expected to complete three major innovation infrastructure projects in 2027: China’s largest planned 6G integrated test network, an open 6G test facility integrating communications, sensing, AI and computing, and an open testing platform for 6G intelligent metasurfaces. The zone will combine functions including technology R&D, trial validation, scenario deployment and industrial clustering. At the same time, Hubei Mobile will cover about 3.3 square…

China’s Market Regulator Publishes Five Typical Power Bank Quality and Safety Cases

ITHome reported on September 24 that since the start of this year, China’s market regulation system has stepped up integrated online and offline enforcement, cracking down on illegal conduct such as producing and selling power bank products without CCC certification or products that fail to meet mandatory national standards. A number of cases have been investigated and handled. This afternoon, September 24, the State Administration for Market Regulation published five typical power bank quality and safety cases. ITHome has compiled them as follows: Case 1: The Dongguan Municipal Administration for Market Regulation in Guangdong Province investigated Dongguan Paitou Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. over suspected production of mobile power supply products bearing misused CCC marks. In late November 2025, the Dongguan regulator received a lead assigned by higher authorities after exposure by CCTV. Enforcement officers visited Dongguan Paitou Electronic Technology…

THUNDEROBOT Opens Reservations for STATION AI Workstation With Ryzen AI Max+ 395: 128GB + 1TB From 25,499 Yuan After Subsidy

ITHome reported on September 24 that THUNDEROBOT has opened reservations on e-commerce platforms for the STATION series AI workstation equipped with AMD’s Ryzen AI Max+ 395. A version with the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 495 will follow. The THUNDEROBOT STATION AI workstation with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 comes with 128GB of LPDDR5X-8000+ memory and a 1TB PCIe Gen4 SSD. The limited-time launch price is 26,999 yuan, while the final price after China’s national subsidy is 25,499 yuan. It will go on sale at 10 a.m. on October 9…

Sponsored: As data center power evolves, so do the logistics behind it

As data centers adopt a wider range of power-generation technologies, the logistics of moving, storing, and installing that equipment are growing more complex

Sponsored: Huawei unveils new UnifiedBus computing architecture for SuperPoDs and clusters

Huawei has released a new computing architecture that utilizes UnifiedBus to support cluster and SuperPoD interconnect, in order to address booming compute demand

800 VDC architecture for AI infrastructure

What does the shift to 800 VDC mean for AI data center efficiency, resilience, energy storage and power distribution?

Hong Kong Stocks Close Lower: Hang Seng Index Down 0.29%, Hang Seng Tech Index Down 0.41%

On Sept. 24, Hong Kong stocks closed with the Hang Seng Index down 0.29% and the Hang Seng Tech Index down 0.41%. Chip stocks declined, with GigaDevice down more than 5%, Hua Hong Semiconductor down more than 3%, and Shanghai Fudan down more than 2%. PCB-related stocks also fell, with Guanghe Technology down more than 6%, Victory Giant Technology down more than 3%, and China National Building Material down nearly 3%.

DeepSeek Reportedly Secures $7.5 Billion Second Round as Annualized Revenue Tops $1 Billion

ITHome, Sept. 24 — The Information reported today, citing two people familiar with the matter, that DeepSeek's annualized revenue has surpassed $1 billion, or about 6.723 billion yuan at current exchange rates, and that it has secured $7.5 billion in financing, or about 50.42 billion yuan. The report said DeepSeek's annualized revenue was still below $500 million just a few months ago. The growth has been driven partly by recent API price increases and partly by continued strong market demand for its large models. The report also said DeepSeek is advancing a second funding round and preparing to list on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, a move…

Qualcomm Announces Ultra-Low-Resolution Sensing Camera That Can Detect Faces but Not Identify People

ITHome, Sept. 24 — Tech outlet Android Headlines published a post today, Sept. 24, reporting that Qualcomm announced a sensing-camera solution on the second day of the 2026 Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii. The company will integrate an ultra-low-resolution sensing camera into the chip's sensor hub. ITHome note: A sensing hub is the low-power unit inside a chip responsible for processing data from sensors such as accelerometers, gyroscopes, microphones and cameras. Qualcomm said the sensing camera deliberately keeps resolution low so it cannot identify specific individuals. It is mainly designed to detect the presence of nearby faces in always-on, low-power environments…

PCCooler Launches Chuangjie C3 N300 Case With Built-In Handle and M-ATX/ITX Support, Priced at 199 Yuan

ITHome, Sept. 24 — PCCooler today announced the Chuangjie C3 N300 case, a new model built around a carry-handle design. It supports M-ATX or ITX motherboards and is priced at 199 yuan. According to the company, the case uses a portable design with a handle on top and weighs about 2.85 kg, making it easy to carry. It uses 0.7mm-thick SPCC steel with reinforced treatment to reduce the risk of chassis deformation. The case also features mesh panels on all four sides to improve internal airflow and assist hardware cooling. It is compatible with Micro ATX or ITX motherboards and supports standard ATX power supplies with a length of up to 150…