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Samsung Electronics rose 1.3% in the afternoon, lagging behind the broader market; SK Hynix shares rose 7%.May 13th - Data released Wednesday by consulting firm Benchmark Mineral Intelligence shows that global demand for electric vehicles rose for the second consecutive month in April, primarily driven by persistently high gasoline prices prompting buyers to abandon gasoline-powered cars. BMI stated that, as a measure of sales volume, the number of newly registered pure electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles increased by 6% year-on-year in April, reaching 1.6 million units, although this figure is 9% lower than the record high set in March.The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre reported that a 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Chiapas, Mexico, at 12:05:41 Beijing time, with a focal depth of 15 kilometers.On May 13th, at the Create2026 Baidu AI Developer Conference, Shen Dou, Executive Vice President of Baidu Group and President of Baidu Smart Cloud Business Group, revealed that the Kunlun Chip P800 has completed large-scale verification, and multiple 10,000-card clusters have been delivered since 2025. Furthermore, on the Kunlun Chips domestically produced clusters, training on the important version 5.1 of Wenxin has been successfully completed, achieving an effective training rate of 97% for the entire cluster. The linear scalability of the 10,000-card cluster exceeds 85%, meeting the requirements of cutting-edge large-scale model training for computational accuracy, operator stability, framework adaptation, and long-term operation. In addition, the Tianchi 256-card supernode based on the Kunlun Chip was lit up last month and will be officially launched in June.On May 13th, Dirk Pant, the Minister of Economic Affairs of Saxony, Germany, stated that as the German automotive industry faces pressure to transform, a more pragmatic approach should be taken to cooperation with Chinese automakers. He suggested introducing Chinese partners to participate in the states automotive plants through joint ventures and other means. Pant also noted that the global automotive industry landscape is undergoing profound changes, with China becoming an innovation driver and industry leader in areas such as electric vehicles and battery technology. Chinese automakers and joint ventures have already begun local production in several European countries. "Anyone who hopes to secure the future of the Saxon and even the German automotive industry cannot ignore this reality," he said.
