DIGITIMES believes that 2026 will be a pivotal year in the stabilization of 800VDC power architectures for AI data centers.

Huawei rotating chairman Eric Xu said at the HarmonyOS Ecosystem Conference 2026 in Shenzhen on August 28 that the HarmonyOS ecosystem now has more than 100,000 native applications, while HarmonyOS smartphones can access more than 400,000 apps. As of August 20, the number of devices running HarmonyOS 6 had exceeded 80 million and is expected to surpass 100 million in the fourth quarter of 2026.

AI adoption continues to expand, but putting the technology to work and integrating it into everyday operations remain key hurdles. Speaking at the 2026 Taiwan Sustainability Summit, Yung-Hui Li, director of the Artificial Intelligence Research Center at the Hon Hai Research Institute, outlined Foxconn’s approach to the generative AI era, covering the group’s strategic direction, the technical path behind its in-house large language model FoxBrain, and the application of AI in smart manufacturing, energy conservation and carbon reduction.

China’s AI investment boom is translating into sharply higher semiconductor profits while accelerating a longer-term expansion of domestic advanced-node capacity, memory production and chipmaking equipment.