ResearchInChina and Zuosi Auto Research jointly released the "2026 Automotive Microcontroller (MCU) and Application Scenario Research Report". In the vehicle's electrical and electronic (E/E) architecture, MCUs are widely distributed across various functional domains of the automobile, undertaking tasks such as functional safety monitoring, real-time control, sensor preprocessing, communication power management, and redundant supervision. Functional safety levels range from ASIL A to ASIL D depe
September 17, 2026
In September 2026, the mobile chip market is set for an unprecedented fierce battle. The Apple A20 Pro, MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro, Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro, and the recently launched Xiaomi Xuanjie O3 in August—these four chips are colliding head-on within the same timeframe. Interestingly, they have adopted four distinctly different technological approaches. Apple A20 Pro On the Geekbench benchmark website, the A20 Pro in the iPhone 18 Pro Max scored 4,727 in single-core and 12,424 in multi-core
September 16, 2026
Abstract: AI (Artificial Intelligence) data centers are driving the rapid evolution of optical modules from 400G and 800G to 1.6T, and a long-overlooked MCU (Microcontroller Unit) is evolving accordingly. Although it does not participate in high-speed data transmission, it handles tasks such as the CMIS protocol, firmware management, analog monitoring, fault protection, and device coordination. With the continuous addition of Flash, I3C, analog resources, and security features, optical module MC
September 15, 2026
At present, the focus of AI is shifting from large-scale training to agentic inference, and traditional hardware design centered on GPU compute struggles to capture the real workload characteristics of AI agents. An agent's workflow consists of numerous iterative loops of reasoning, tool invocation, code execution, and result verification. This entire pipeline generates massive amounts of tokens, intertwining long-context processing with decoding latency. Minute latencies progressively amplify a
August 31, 2026
In the semiconductor industry, naming is somewhat of an art. Some companies are low-key and pragmatic, while others reveal extraordinary ambitions from the very beginning. Beken Corporation is exactly such a company that sparks imagination right from its name. What exactly is its relationship with Broadcom, the global communications semiconductor giant? When eefocus disassembled a Xiaomi karaoke microphone, a Xiaomi walkie-talkie, and an AI toy named "Fuzai", and saw the Beken logo prominently p
August 27, 2026
Fresh off the release of the Jetson AGX Orin 3000 and 2000 last month, NVIDIA today introduced another robot computer targeting entry-level Edge AI—the Jetson Orin Nano 2. Behind these successive hardware updates lies a unified industry trend: optimized and compressed frontier large models are no longer exclusive to cloud servers; rather, there is an urgent need to deploy them into real-world physical devices. Image source: NVIDIA Deepu Talla, Vice President of Robotics and Edge AI at NVIDIA, po
August 26, 2026
On August 15, the offline finals and award ceremony of the 2026 National College Students Computer System Capability Competition - Intelligent Computing Innovation Design Competition ("Xiandao Cup") concluded at Tongji University. A total of 160 universities, over 500 teams, and nearly 1,900 students participated in the competition. The two major competition topics focused on the inference optimization of the Qwen Large Model and the deployment of the Meteorological Large Model, respectively. Du
August 21, 2026
As large models transition from the virtual world to the physical space, embodied AI has become a new focal point in the global technological competition. According to forecast data from the Gaogong Robot Industry Institute (GGII), global sales of humanoid robots will experience explosive growth in 2026, approaching 94,700 units, achieving a nearly fivefold leap compared to 18,500 units in 2025. In this globally anticipated wave, a crucial hardware fact often overlooked by the public is that up
August 18, 2026
A product launch event themed "Awakening at the Edge and Endpoint, Intelligent Computing for the Future" has put a chip company founded just three years ago in the spotlight. On August 13, 2026, Wuxi Chengheng Microelectronics Co., Ltd. (Chengheng Micro) officially launched the CH37 series AI SoC, the company's first flagship product for edge and endpoint applications. Edge and endpoint AI is an exploding trillion-yuan market. According to Frost & Sullivan, the global endpoint AI market size
August 18, 2026
Has Japan Lost the "Humanoid Narrative" or the Right to Define the Next Generation of Robots? Abstract: Japan was once one of the earliest countries globally to deploy humanoid robots, yet it has not become the protagonist in this wave of AI humanoid robot fever. The issue is not "technological backwardness": Japan still possesses profound accumulations in industrial robots, precision reducers, servo control, sensors, and manufacturing systems. The true shortcomings are more concentrated in VLA,
August 14, 2026
On August 13, 2026, the 5th Dishui Lake China RISC-V Industry Forum was successfully held at the InterContinental Shanghai Dishui. Qiu Jianle, Vice President of R&D at Timesintelli, was invited to attend and introduced the company's purely domestic, high-performance, and robust NIC chip—the PT153S. Figure | Qiu Jianle, Vice President of R&D at Timesintelli Founded in Zhangjiang, Shanghai in 2018, Timesintelli focuses on three business areas: RISC-V processors, edge AI accelerators, and A
August 13, 2026
On August 13, 2026, the 5th Dishui Lake China RISC-V Industry Forum was successfully held at the InterContinental Shanghai Dishui Lake. Lu Xingqiang, Marketing Director of Shenzhen Geesemi Co., Ltd., was invited to attend and introduced the company's new DSP product based on RISC-V and its self-developed instruction set—the GS32MT8800. Photo | Lu Xingqiang, Marketing Director of Shenzhen Geesemi Co., Ltd. Established four years ago, Geesemi's product line currently covers digital power, server p
August 13, 2026
1. Overall Market: Cockpit SoC Installations Drop 9.3% YoY in April 2026 According to statistics from ZuoSi Auto Research based on new vehicle sales in the Chinese market (excluding imported vehicles), the standard installation volume of cockpit domain controller SoCs for new passenger vehicles in China reached 826,000 units in April 2026, a year-on-year decline of 9.3%. This was mainly affected by the decline in installation volumes from leading enterprises such as BYD, Geely, and Tesla (cockpi
July 1, 2026
