Nine partners – including former CEO Daniel Zhang – have left, bringing the number down from 26 to 17.
The competition is committed to creating a ‘window for contestants to deeply explore lithography technology’, according to the company.
Huawei’s newly released MateBook Fold laptop runs on another 7-nm Kirin chip made by SMIC, as the Mate 60 Pro smartphone did two years ago.
Huawei is expected to ship about 700,000 Ascend AI processors in 2025, according to Mizuho estimates.
Beijing-based company hopes to ascend to the top tier of global EDA providers, but acknowledges considerable gap with US rivals.
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Huawei deputy chairman says the telecoms industry is facing stagnant growth, while touting AI-driven solutions.
The international unit of TP-Link is scaling back its chip development efforts after one product failed final testing, sources say.
That number falls short of Nvidia’s over 1 million China-specific H20 chips produced in the last nine months of 2024, analysts estimate.
Still, Jensen Huang says his company’s technology remains a generation ahead of those developed by Chinese rivals.
The chip designer pledged to build 20 AI factories on the continent, including a German facility in the works to be equipped with 10,000 GPUs.
Ren Zhengfei’s comments underscore Huawei’s commitment to achieving chip self-sufficiency, with compound semiconductors playing a key role.
Photonic chips are a critical hardware component for quantum computing and high-speed optical communications.
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SMIC’s asset sale reflects efforts by Chinese semiconductor firms to strengthen their operations amid tightened US tech restrictions.
Douyin’s high adoption rate in Hong Kong reflects a broader trend among China’s Big Tech firms to expand services beyond the mainland market.
Electronic design automation firms Empyrean, Primarius and Semitronix are poised to drive China’s chip design tools market after the US ban.
Preliminary data shows Apple, Xiaomi, Huawei, Midea and Haier each rang up sales of over US$13.9 million on the two shopping platforms.
The Intewell operating system is designed to serve as foundational software for embodied intelligent robots.
After Nvidia revealed the H20 ban in mid April, CEO Huang has repeatedly signalled the importance the company places on the Chinese market.
‘Macroeconomic uncertainties and significant investments in the ecosystem’ are expected to continue affecting PDD’s earnings outlook, UBS analysts say.
Alibaba’s Taobao Instant Commerce service and Ele.me have surpassed 40 million daily orders within a month of launch, the company says.
Both companies’ Shanghai-listed shares would be suspended for up to 10 trading days starting Monday, according to stock filings.
Eddie Wu sees Alibaba Cloud providing the ‘best AI technical services’ to support Chinese enterprises’ global expansion.
The rankings were based on domestic consumers’ online purchase behaviour, according to a Peking University report.
The PC maker’s CEO said Trump’s tariffs dented performance last quarter, but its US$69.1 billion in 2024/25 revenue is among its best.
Following its zoological naming scheme, Alibaba is rebranding the unit responsible for streaming and filmmaking as it looks for growth outside core businesses.
The strategic collaboration is expected to serve as ‘the foundation of a long-term partnership’ between Meitu and Alibaba.
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Inquiries from the US on Alibaba’s B2B marketplace surged over 40 per cent the week after Washington and Beijing hit pause on the trade war.
Production of industrial robots in April outpaced increases seen in earlier months amid national enthusiasm around the technology.
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Internally, the company is also betting big on the integration of AI technologies with its traditional e-commerce business.
The Hangzhou-based company’s adjusted earnings rose 36 per cent year on year to 32.6 billion yuan in the March quarter.