On June 22, the fourth China International Supply Chain Expo (Chain Expo) opened with great fanfare in Beijing. This year’s event, themed “Connecting the World, Co‑Creating the Future,” drew leading companies from across global supply chains, showcasing collaborative innovation achievements and emerging trends in supply chain development.

Ding Xuexiang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a keynote address. Photo source: Xinhua News Agency.

Notably, this year’s Chain Expo has, for the first time, established a dedicated Artificial Intelligence zone. Centered on the cutting edge of AI industry development, the zone showcases the entire end-to-end ecosystem—spanning foundational computing power and data services to real-world industry applications—making it one of the exhibition’s most prominent highlights. As a key global leader in the semiconductor industry, Intel is presenting under the theme “AI in Action: Chips as the Cornerstone,” systematically demonstrating its innovative breakthroughs across AI PCs, AI servers, edge computing, embodied intelligence, and more, alongside collaborative industry‑wide initiatives co‑developed with ecosystem partners.

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As one of the key collaborative achievements within Intel’s AI PC ecosystem, SIXUNITED’s PN252 ultra-thin AI laptop, built to Intel’s L³ Pro standard, was selected for inclusion in Intel’s Chain Expo showcase and is on display at Intel’s booth. This product not only highlights the two parties’ joint innovation capabilities in the ultra-thin AI terminal segment but also underscores the AI terminal industry chain’s ongoing breakthroughs in product R&D, supply-chain integration, and intelligent manufacturing.

Embracing the trend toward thinner and lighter designs, we are jointly building a new AI PC ecosystem.

SIXUNITED has enjoyed a long-standing, deeply rooted partnership with Intel. In 2014, SIXUNITED officially joined Intel’s CTE (China Technology Ecosystem) ecosystem, fully integrating into the x86 architecture and thus initiating twelve years of close collaboration between the two parties. In 2024, their cooperation reached a new milestone. Leveraging its profound expertise in the AI terminal field, SIXUNITED was successfully selected as one of the first pilot enterprises under Intel’s AI Acceleration Program, while simultaneously launching its self-developed AI assistant and EAM enterprise intelligent agent management platform, marking a strategic leap from traditional hardware manufacturing to an integrated “hardware + AI software” solution provider.

As the AI‑PC era accelerates, users’ demands for end devices are shifting from mere performance gains to a holistic balance of performance, battery life, and portability. In response to this trend, Intel has officially unveiled the L³ standard and the Firefly program, aiming to drive the development of next‑generation ultra‑slim laptops through unified design principles and platform specifications. The “L³” acronym stands for “Lighter, Longer, Leaner”—lighter, longer‑lasting, and more streamlined—designed to deliver AI‑powered PCs that seamlessly combine mobile productivity with exceptional efficiency.

As a key long-term partner deeply embedded in the Intel ecosystem, SIXUNITED consistently keeps pace with technological advancements. Leveraging its comprehensive capabilities in R&D and design, supply chain integration, and intelligent manufacturing, it actively participates in the development of Intel’s new platform products and ecosystem building, driving continuous innovation in AI terminal devices.

PN252 embodies the L³ Pro design philosophy.

The PN252, showcased at the Intel booth at the Chain Expo, is a new-generation ultra-thin AI laptop developed by SIXUNITED based on Intel’s L³ Pro standard.

The product is powered by the Intel Core Ultra X7 358H processor, built on Intel’s cutting-edge 18A process technology, delivering an exceptional balance of robust performance and energy efficiency. The chassis features a magnesium alloy design for the A and C surfaces and an aluminum alloy for the D surface, ensuring structural rigidity while further reducing weight, resulting in a slim profile no thicker than 17 mm and a featherlight weight as low as 1 kg.

In terms of performance, the PN252 supports a 45W TDP and can meet the demands of AI‑driven office work, content creation, multitasking, and other applications. As for battery life, the device delivers up to 14 hours of runtime, providing reliable endurance for mobile productivity scenarios.

Meanwhile, the device comes standard with LPDDR5x memory running at 8,533 MT/s, and supports advanced technologies such as dual Thunderbolt 4 ports, Wi‑Fi 7, and SoundWire, delivering comprehensive upgrades in data transfer, network connectivity, and audio experience, thereby fully showcasing the capabilities of the next‑generation AI PC.

From a lightweight chassis to a long‑battery‑life design, and from a high‑performance platform to advanced connectivity, the PN252 is not only a practical achievement of Intel’s L³ Pro standard, but also showcases SIXUNITED’s R&D capabilities and product innovation in the ultra‑slim AI terminal segment.

From hardware manufacturing to building full-stack AI capabilities

In the AI era, competition is no longer confined to pitting the performance of individual hardware products against one another; instead, it centers on building systemic capabilities across the computing infrastructure, smart devices, and the AI software and application ecosystem.

Leveraging nearly two decades of R&D and manufacturing expertise in smart terminals, SIXUNITED is accelerating its transformation from a traditional ODM/OEM provider of electronic products to a full-stack AI infrastructure service provider. On the hardware front, the company has established a comprehensive product portfolio that spans AI laptops, tablets, all-in-one PCs, Mini PCs, workstations, servers, and more, meeting the diverse needs of personal office use, enterprise deployment, edge computing, and data centers.

On the software and AI application fronts, SIXUNITED continues to ramp up its investment in independent R&D, building an AI software ecosystem that spans personal, team, and enterprise use cases. Its AI assistant for individual users integrates large‑model Q&A, document processing, voice interaction, and other capabilities, delivering secure, reliable, on‑premises intelligent services. For enterprise clients, the EAM Enterprise Agent Management Platform deeply fuses corporate knowledge bases, business processes, and agent capabilities, enabling AI to be seamlessly embedded across every stage of enterprise operations. Meanwhile, the self‑developed SixClaw platform further lowers the barrier to AI deployment, supporting one‑click deployment of OpenClaw and mainstream open‑source large models, providing robust support for developers and enterprises to rapidly build AI applications.

From terminal devices to AI software, from personal intelligent assistants to enterprise-grade intelligent agent platforms, SIXUNITED is building a comprehensive AI capability system that spans “device–edge–cloud–application,” fostering deep integration between hardware capabilities and the software ecosystem, and delivering more complete and efficient one-stop solutions for industrial intelligence upgrades.

Co-creating new value in the AI era

Since joining the CTE ecosystem in 2014, and now being the first to launch mass‑production‑ready products under the L³ Pro standard, SIXUNITED has consistently remained at the forefront of Intel’s technology ecosystem, swiftly translating the latest platform capabilities into market‑competitive end products. Looking ahead, SIXUNITED will continue to deepen its strategic partnership with Intel, closely aligning with the ongoing advancement of the L³ standard and the Firefly program. By focusing on key trends such as laptop thinness and lightness, local AI integration, and green, low‑carbon solutions, it will introduce even more products that combine innovation with competitiveness.

Meanwhile, SIXUNITED will continue to refine its full-stack AI capabilities, offering more comprehensive software–hardware integrated solutions to serve global customers and drive the intelligent transformation of industries across the board.