Hyundai Motor Group’s Robotics LAB will showcase its CES Best of Innovation Award-winning mobile robot platform, Mobile Eccentric Droid (MobED), at Smart Factory &Automation World (AW) 2026, underscoring the rapid expansion of AI-driven and humanoid robotics in manufacturing. Held from March 4-6 at Coex in Seoul, AW 2026 is positioning itself beyond a traditional smart factory exhibition, reflecting the industry’s accelerating shift toward AI-native production systems, intelligent logistics, and next-generation robotics.

The 2026 Mobile World Congress (MWC) is taking place from March 2-5 in Barcelona, Spain, focusing this year on how AI and smart connectivity are driving industry upgrade momentum in “The IQ Era.” Taiwan Mobile’s delegation to MWC 2026 will be headed by company president Jamie Lin, accompanied for the first time by chief information officer Rock Tsai, who points to the increasingly cloud-based and software-driven nature of both core networks and network management as the global telecom industry advances in integrating AI.

Renesas has named two senior executives to lead its businesses in India and China, moves the company says are intended to accelerate growth in those markets.

US and Israeli airstrikes on Iran triggered retaliatory missile attacks on US bases in Bahrain and Qatar, with spillover disruptions hitting cloud infrastructure, logistics hubs, and commercial operations across the Middle East.

AMD secured a five-year agreement with Meta Platforms Inc. to supply up to 6GW of AI chips, a deal Meta said could be worth more than US$100 billion, and which industry observers say establishes AMD as the primary alternative to Nvidia in large-scale AI infrastructure.

FocalTech Systems, a display driver IC (DDI) supplier, held an earnings conference on February 26. Chairman Genda Hu said 2025 operations came in below expectations, as the fading effect of China’s subsidy programs and memory shortages weakened smartphone demand, with possible headwinds continuing into 2026. The first quarter is a seasonal low point, with demand expected to recover gradually from the second quarter.