International

1. In the first half of 2026, the contract prices of niche flash memory including NOR Flash and SLC NAND registered a cumulative increase of 100%-120% and 130%-150% respectively. The supply-demand gap remains unalleviated in the second half of the year.
2. In H1 2026, the operating revenue of above-scale enterprises in the robotics industry reached RMB 165.5 billion, a year-on-year increase of 24.5%.
3. Apple released the M6 and M5 Ultra processors. The M6 is a cutting-edge chip built on the 2-nanometer process.
4. The Tiangong Omni robot from Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center won the championship at the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games with a time of 45.66 seconds. Its shy-looking running posture went viral online.
5. On August 7, Song Shiqiang, General Manager of Kinghelm and Slkor Semiconductor, joined the live stream on LCSC Mall. Pre-event promotion gained 13,523 reads. The live stream recorded 26,046 total views, a peak concurrent audience of 3,575 and 24,880 comments. It drove sales of Kinghelm products to a peak, among which the hit product KH-IPEX-K501-29 achieved sales exceeding 200,000 units.
6. Kinghelm’s product article Kinghelm RF Coaxial Connectors: KH-BNC50-3511, KH-SMA-K513-G and KH-SMA-KE-Z was featured on the homepage of LCSC Mall.

Domestic

1. China has more than 1.165 million enterprises related to the robotics industrial chain, with around 144,000 newly-established enterprises since 2026.
2. Shanghai released the 15th Five-Year Plan for Accelerating New-Type Industrialization and Building a Modern Industrial System, highlighting integrated circuits, artificial intelligence and other key sectors.
3. Phase-I of the optical chip industrialization project with a total investment of RMB 6.3 billion is located in Danzao Town, Nanhai District, Foshan City.
4. ZT-Memory’s second-generation high-capacity new flash memory chip delivers a 2Gb per-chip storage capacity adopting the 28-nm process. Sample testing and mass-production preparation will be fully advanced soon.
5. Yixincun (Hainan) Technology Co., Ltd., the storage chip R&D entity under YiMoon Technology, has settled in Haikou.