China-based Jidu Auto is marching toward the realization of intelligent electric vehicles (EV). Baidu’s car-manufacturing brand announced that it aims to deliver the first production robot car in the second half of 2023, reaching a delivery goal of 800,000 vehicles per year by 2028.

The CEOs and senior leaders from across the semiconductor supply chain from tool and wafer manufacturers to key suppliers to end users of chips manufactured in the US participated in a CEO summit co-hosted by GlobalFoundries, Ford Motor Company, and Applied Materials on August 8 in Washington DC to discuss new partnerships and collaboration on next steps following the passage of the Chips and Science Act.

Ennostar will invest an additional NT$3.627 billion (US$122 million) in Epistar, its wholly owned subsidiary, in a few stages, with Epistar to use all of the additional paid-in capital to set up production capacity for 150mm micro LED epitaxial wafers, according to Ennostar.

The Indian government is reportedly seeking ways, publicly or privately, to limit China-based vendors in the sub-INR12,000 (US$150) smartphone market in a bid to revive Indian smartphone brands.