Huawei’s “Songshan Lake Initiative,” launched in late 2019 at its Dongguan facility, mobilized over 2,000 engineers globally over nine months to establish HarmonyOS for smartphones. This project marked a pivotal shift for Huawei, as covered by Yicai and The Paper.

Taiwan-based display driver IC (DDI) manufacturer Fitipower Integrated Technology reported that its revenue for the third quarter reached nearly a nine-quarter high. The growth of mobile device DDIs has been a significant driving force; however, an increase in the shipment proportion of mobile device chips during the third quarter negatively impacted the overall product mix, leading to declines in gross margin and profitability.

Amidst China’s raging AI boom, Kai-Fu Lee, Chairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AI has gone on record criticizing the structure of the AI ecosystem while outlining where he believes the direction of the AI evolution may go.