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China’s top chip packaging firm sees major board shake-up
Former SMIC chairman Gao Yonggang has resigned from JCET’s board after China Resources became the firm’s largest shareholder.
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Alibaba’s AI model rivals OpenAI in coding ability amid open source competition
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OpenAI wants US to team up with allies to beat China in AI race
14 Nov 2024 - 10:13AM
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Big Tech
Shenzhen’s soaring R&D spending rivals Beijing, dwarfs Hong Kong
The southern city put nearly US$31 billion into R&D last year, driven partly by robust spending from tech giants like Huawei.
13 Nov 2024 - 10:43PM
Shenzhen is China’s second-largest R&D hub by expenditure. Photo: Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Tech War
China’s chip start-up taking on Nvidia kicks off pre-IPO process
Moore Threads has hired Citic Securities to start the ‘tutoring’ process as it seeks to capitalise on enthusiasm in China’s semiconductor industry.
13 Nov 2024 - 5:00PM
Tech War
TikTok hires hundreds of Chinese workers in US despite scrutiny
More than 60 per cent of the over 1,000 approved H-1B hires for TikTok and ByteDance last financial year were from China.
13 Nov 2024 - 11:03AM
Tech War
China’s tech firms fear bigger curbs as TSMC stops AI chip supply
A wider shipment ban on TSMC-made chips could affect a range of mainland businesses from electric vehicles to smartphones.
12 Nov 2024 - 9:29PM
Blockchain
Trump’s crypto pledge may see China restore digital-asset market: HashKey head
HashKey chairman and CEO Xiao Feng said a number of factors may compel mainland China to open its digital-asset market in about two years.
12 Nov 2024 - 9:00AM
Beijing has so far given no indication of potentially relaxing its ban on cryptocurrencies, even as Donald Trump’s US election win renews enthusiasm among digital-asset proponents in China. Photo: Shutterstock
Tech Trends
China’s ‘AI Tiger’ Zhipu in race to boost video-generation features
The updated version of Ying will be able to generate 10-seconds long 4K high-definition video clips at 60 frames per second, Zhipu says.
11 Nov 2024 - 6:00PM
Tech War
China’s AI chip unicorn Moore Threads moves closer to possible IPO
The GPU and AI-accelerator start-up, founded by an Nvidia veteran, has become a joint-stock company after fresh investments.
11 Nov 2024 - 5:00PM
Tech War
China’s chip industry braces for another 4 years under Trump
Chinese semiconductor firms are ramping up purchases of foreign chipmaking equipment and looking to forge new alliances.
11 Nov 2024 - 10:33AM
Tech War
Global businesses bet on China’s market despite US trade tensions
On the sidelines of Shanghai’s CIIE trade fair, foreign companies brush away fears of a new US-China trade war after Trump’s victory.
8 Nov 2024 - 8:00PM
An exhibitor poses for a selfie with a panda mascot at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai this week. Photo: Xinhua
Tech War
TSMC halts advanced chip orders from mainland China, source says
TSMC has told mainland Chinese clients it will no longer produce advanced chips for them, according to person briefed on the notice.
8 Nov 2024 - 7:00PM
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Big Tech
US chip restrictions are hindering AI ambitions of China’s top chip foundry
SMIC co-CEO Zhao Haijun said the foundry can still benefit from rising demand for less advanced ‘legacy chips’ required for some AI products.
8 Nov 2024 - 5:00PM
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Policy
Chipmaker TSMC says US investment plan unchanged after Trump win
TSMC is poised to receive its final award from the Chips and Science Act, a Biden initiative that Trump has described as ‘so bad’.
8 Nov 2024 - 10:02AM
Tech War
China’s top chip foundry SMIC posts record revenue despite US sanction warning
The Shanghai-based chipmaker reported a 34 per cent year-on-year increase in third-quarter revenue to US$2.17 billion.
8 Nov 2024 - 12:04AM
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SMIC continues to lead the domestic market in advanced processes for semiconductor production Photo: Shutterstock
Big Tech
Chinese smartphone makers lift Qualcomm’s chip sales
Launches of new flagship phones from Chinese Android brands such as Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo have helped lift Qualcomm’s forecast.
7 Nov 2024 - 3:00PM
Tech War
From chip war to TikTok ban: what tech can expect from Donald Trump
As Donald Trump returns to the White House, tech companies are bracing for a revamp of tech policies imposed by Joe Biden.
7 Nov 2024 - 10:20AM
Tech War
Semiconductor firms ASML, AMD, Qualcomm reaffirm China commitment
They joined about 400 other firms at the Intelligent Industry & Information Technology exhibition, part of the 2024 CIIE trade fair in Shanghai.
7 Nov 2024 - 9:00AM
Tech War
Chinese AI chip start-up Biren teams with compute start-up for performance gains
US-blacklisted chipmaker Biren says team-up with Tencent-backed Infinigence AI led to a 100 per cent improvement in GPU training capacity.
6 Nov 2024 - 8:00PM
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Biren’s BR100 graphics processing unit. Biren is considered one of China’s leading domestic alternatives to Nvidia chips. Photo: Handout
Tech War
US lawmaker urges investigation into China’s chipmaker SMIC
Republican Michael McCaul calls on the US Commerce Department to check whether SMIC is illegally producing chips for Huawei.
6 Nov 2024 - 12:01PM
Tech War
Musk’s SpaceX asks Taiwanese suppliers to move production abroad
The US company has requested multiple satellite component manufacturers to produce outside Taiwan, sources say.
6 Nov 2024 - 11:00AM
Tech Trends
Chinese self-driving truck start-up Autra.tech scales down operations
Financing issues and potential US sanctions prompt Autra.tech to cut salaries of staff, cancel new development and suspend delivery orders.
5 Nov 2024 - 8:00PM
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