Neowin News Feed for: Shanghai

Covid-19 lockdown slows down chip manufacturing in China

Karthik Mudaliar — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 17:10:01 +0000

Chinese semiconductor industry has slowed down by 4.2% following Covid-19 lockdown in Shanghai. The output has shrunk for the first time after Q1 2019 due to low demand and strict preventive measures. Read more...

Tesla enters into agreement with a Chinese bank for $565 million loan

Usman Khan Lodhi — Sat, 09 May 2020 08:36:01 +0000

As per a regulatory filing on Friday, the firm has secured a $565 million (up to 4 billion yuan) loan for its Shanghai plant, which will be used for expanding production at the site. Read more...

Tesla wants approval to build its long-range Model 3 in China according to new documents

Paul Hill — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 12:36:01 +0000

Tesla is seeking approval from the Chinese authorities to build the long-range variant of its Model 3. If it gets approval, it will no longer have to import the vehicle from the United States. Read more...

Tesla cuts Model 3 starting prices in China by 16% before public sales start

Paul Hill — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 13:44:01 +0000

Tesla has managed to slash around 55,000 yuan ($8,000) from the starting price of its Model 3. The reduction was possible, in part, because the Chinese government was offering subsidies. Read more...

Tesla delivers its first batch of Chinese manufactured Model 3 cars

Ather Fawaz — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 13:30:01 +0000

Making good on its promise, at Tesla's multi-billion dollar 'Gigafactory' in Shanghai, the company delivered its first batch of 'Made in China' Tesla Model 3 cars to its employees today. Read more...

Tesla gets $1.29 billion loan from Chinese banks for its Shanghai car plant

Paul Hill — Fri, 27 Dec 2019 19:20:01 +0000

Tesla has agreed to a 9 billion yuan loan with several banks in China. The firm plans to use the money to pay off debt it has and will invest the rest in construction and production at Gigafactory 3. Read more...

Waymo sets up subsidiary in Shanghai following news of Google's push in China

Paul Hill — Fri, 24 Aug 2018 14:14:01 +0000

Waymo, Alphabet's autonomous vehicle business, is now operating in Shanghai, China. The firm was registered back on May 22 and it confirmed employees are already working in the city. Read more...

The all-new Surface Laptop is also coming to China

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Tue, 23 May 2017 11:53:57 +0000

Microsoft is showing its love for China this week with the launch of the Surface Laptop in China. The high-end notebook runs the new Windows 10 S and will available for pre-order today from ¥7688. Read more...

Panos Panay teases new Surface Pro Type Covers before reveal tomorrow

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Mon, 22 May 2017 10:22:01 +0000

A day before Microsoft's major hardware event in Shanghai, Panos Panay took to Twitter to tease new models of the Surface Pro Type Covers, featuring the same material as on the Surface Laptop. Read more...

Spot the difference: This is reportedly Microsoft's new 'Surface Pro' tablet

Andy Weir — Fri, 19 May 2017 02:15:22 +0000

Images purporting to reveal the 'refreshed' Surface Pro 4 have emerged, and its design appears remarkably similar to its predecessor. The device will reportedly be known simply as the 'Surface Pro'. Read more...

Microsoft "will show the world what's next" at an event on May 23

Andy Weir — Fri, 05 May 2017 02:10:26 +0000

Microsoft has announced that it will be hosting an event in Shanghai, China on May 23, where it promises to "show the world what's next". The event will come 11 days after its Build dev conference. Read more...

Sony confirms official launch plans for PlayStation business in China

Andy Weir — Mon, 26 May 2014 00:06:14 +0000

Weeks after Microsoft announced that it will sell the Xbox One in China from September, Sony has confirmed its plans to launch PlayStation there too, although it has not yet set a date for the launch. Read more...

Microsoft's Office 365 finally launches in China

John Callaham — Sun, 20 Apr 2014 19:39:24 +0000

Microsoft has finally launched its Office 365 software subscription service in China, where it will be operated by the local company 21Vianet. The government of Shanghai is an early adopter. Read more...

Shanghai could be home to secretive Chinese hackers

Paul Ferson — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:35:28 +0000

Unit 61938, a group of Chinese governmental hackers responsible for more than 100 documented attacks since 2006, might have been nailed on the outskirts of the world's biggest city - Shanghai. Read more...

Shanghai getting a Windows 8 launch event

Andrew Stevenson — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 08:33:35 +0000

Love it or hate it, Windows 8 is coming on October 26th. Microsoft has added a new media launch event to the calendar, in Shanghai on October 23rd, two days before the New York event on October 25th. Read more...

Explosion at Apple parts plant in China injures 61 workers

John Callaham — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:21:12 +0000

An explosion in a Shanghai plant owned by Pegatron has reportedly injured 61 of the plant's workers. The factory, which was not yet fully operational, is rumored to be making parts for Apple products. Read more...

AMD releases Opteron "Shanghai" Server processor

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:17:03 +0000

Today AMD announced that it will begin shipping its latest processor the "Shanghai" quad-core Opteron processors for servers and workstations and will talk about the new chip today in its annual Financial Analyst Day... Read more...

AMD to launch nine 45nm Shanghai server CPUs in October

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:37:37 +0000

AMD has updated server makers that it is planning to bring forward the launch of 45nm server processors (Shanghai) from the original schedule of January 2009 to mid-October. Nine CPUs with core frequencies between 2.3-2.7GHz... Read more...

AMD Readies Shanghai to Battle Nehalem

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:44:19 +0000

Advanced Micro Devices is making it clear that its upcoming 45-nanometer processor for servers—"Shanghai"—will compete against what Intel brings to market with its new line of processors based on the upcoming "Nehalem" microarchitecture. According to... Read more...

Shanghai stages 4G telephony rollout, claims a world first

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:58:31 +0000

China has launched a trial run of home-grown fourth-generation mobile technology in Shanghai. 4G technology provides wireless services at much faster speeds, sharply improving high-quality images and data services, and potentially allowing for such features... Read more...

2 employees killed in Shanghai Internet cafe

Marcel Klum — Mon, 10 May 2004 19:51:33 +0000

Customers at an Internet cafe in Shanghai allegedly stabbed to death two employees after an argument over computer usage, local newspapers reported Monday. The fight broke out around 1 a.m. local time on... Read more...

Shanghai Dragon Demo

Marcel Klum — Tue, 03 Jun 2003 18:59:34 +0000

In 1937, Japan troops invaded the beautiful metropolis of Shanghai City, the Eastern Pearl. China fought valiantly against the Japanese invasion for four long years before the war in the Pacific began in earnest. You,... Read more...

Intel to build IC-assembly plant in Shanghai to produce Pentium 4 processors

Fri, 10 May 2002 11:46:57 +0000

In a move to expand its efforts in China, Intel Corp. here set plans to build a new chip-assembly plant in Shanghai geared for its Pentium 4 microprocessor lines, according to a report from the... Read more...