At CES 2026, Intel unveiled its first mobile processor built on the 18A advanced process node, the Core Ultra Series 3, code-named Panther Lake. The launch marks Intel’s first large-scale production of 18A chips at Fab 52 in Chandler, Arizona, a milestone seen as critical to reviving its mobile PC business. The debut also served as a direct response to lingering market doubts over Intel’s process-node execution, signalling renewed confidence in its next-generation manufacturing roadmap.​

CES 2026 is taking place from January 6-9 in Las Vegas, the US. Samsung Electronics announced that its C-Lab program supporting startup development will lead 15 companies to participate, showcasing their R&D achievements across diverse fields, including artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and digital health.

As OpenAI expands its generative AI applications and integrates AI assistants more deeply into everyday life, the company is actively developing a lineup of consumer hardware products. This move aims to extend OpenAI’s reach beyond its current cloud and software services into consumer-grade devices, creating an end-to-end use case that has attracted significant market attention for the design and mass production of its prototypes.

Hesai Technology said Nvidia has selected it as a lidar partner for Nvidia DRIVE AGX Hyperion 10, a reference compute and sensor architecture designed to support Level 4 autonomous driving. The platform is intended to provide automakers and developers with a standardized foundation for building and validating AI-defined vehicles and fleets.