Intel is undergoing its most sweeping transformation in decades under new CEO Lip-Bu Tan, who is steering the company away from the ambitious—but turbulent—era of Pat Gelsinger. Since taking the helm in early 2025, Tan has moved quickly to flatten Intel’s management structure, tighten focus on customer needs, and realign the company around software-driven, AI-centric chip development.

China is rapidly expanding mature-node chip production at key sites, including SMIC’s fabs in Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai Lingang, and Xiqing; Hua Hong Semiconductor’s phase-two 12-inch fab in Wuxi; Nexchip Semiconductor’s N3 facility; and the second-phase 12-inch project by Beijing Yandong Micro Electronic. With these ongoing investments, analysts estimate China’s global share of 28nm capacity could exceed 31% by 2027.

Coretronic Intelligent Robotics Corporation (CIRC), a subsidiary of Taiwan’s Coretronic Group, is carving a niche in the global drone market, capitalizing on its non-red supply chain status to secure a competitive edge over the Chinese giant DJI. Despite acknowledging technological gaps, CIRC’s strategic positioning and robust contract wins signal a promising trajectory, particularly in defense and commercial applications.

Asus ROG Strix XG27ACMS is the latest ROG Strix gaming monitor featuring a Fast IPS display with a 320Hz refresh rate (overclock) and a 0.3 ms MPRT. The QHD display supports 10-bit color bit depth and is DisplayHDR 400 certified with 350 nits of typical brightness and 500 nits of peak brightness. It covers 130% of the sRGB and 94% of the DCI-P3 color space. The AMD FreeSync Premium and NVIDIA…