CATL is turning sodium-ion batteries from a lithium alternative into a commercial product line, with planned deployment in 10,000 to 20,000 electric vehicles this year and a new sodium energy storage system aimed at global grid markets.

Samsung Electronics is slowing its investment schedule for 1d DRAM, the seventh-generation 10nm-class DRAM node, as a sharp surge in memory prices makes it more profitable to squeeze output from existing production lines than to rush costly next-generation processes to market, The Bell reported on June 23.

Qualcomm officially unveiled its Dragonfly data center platform at this week’s annual investor day, laying out a four-pronged push into cloud AI that spans SerDes, PAM4 DSP, and other connectivity technologies gained through its Alphawave acquisition; ASICs; AI accelerators; and CPUs. The company also said its Modular acquisition added key assets for an AI software stack.

South Korea’s top TV brands, Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, are stepping up their use of AI to sharpen product differentiation as they face intense competition from Chinese TV makers. Besides higher hardware specs, better price competitiveness, display technology, and color accuracy, both companies are pushing interactive features and smarter connected applications to enhance personal experiences and build broader smart-home ecosystems. This shift is also changing what a TV is. It is moving beyond a traditional device for simply delivering audio and video content toward a platform that bundles entertainment, information, and AI interaction.