June 24, Beijing — Ren Hongbin, president of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), met Austrian foreign minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger, Hungarian ambassador to China Bai Sidi and Malaysian Manufacturers Federation president Li Zuguo. Discussions focused on international supply-chain cooperation, development of emerging industries and collaboration in artificial intelligence. Ren invited participation in the Chain Expo and said CCPIT will act as a bridge to support f

IBM Research on Thursday said it has produced the world’s first sub-1nm chip using a 0.7nm transistor architecture, claiming up to 50% higher performance and 70% better energy efficiency versus its 2nm process prototype. The group framed the result as research-stage only, saying large-scale manufacturing and aligning manufacturing cost with performance gains remain the key challenges; it did not claim the design is currently manufacturable. IBM noted it delivered a 2nm prototype in May 2021 and said major foundries are now producing related products.

美国财长贝森特：预计今年剩余时间经济将加速增长，同时不会推高通胀。