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Major domestic chip design software firms will benefit from opportunities brought by Huawei’s ambitious target of achieving 1.4 nanometre-equivalent chips by 2031, according to analysts. Photo: Shutterstock
Semiconductors

Can Huawei’s breakthrough help China’s chip design software firms catch US rivals?

Domestic chip design software vendors embrace Huawei’s Tau Scaling Law, but analysts caution that breaking US dominance is far from easy.

Artificial intelligence

Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 poses a challenge for China’s AI developers

Artificial intelligence

Could the AI ‘self-evolution’ trend add fuel to the China-US tech war?

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Semiconductors

To beat chip crunch, Chinese firm inks memory deal bigger than its sales

The US$1.86 billion multi-year flash deal with unnamed supplier underscores how downstream companies scramble to secure capacity.

Biwin says the deal reduces the risk of supply disruption caused by market fluctuations. Photo: Handout
Biwin says the deal reduces the risk of supply disruption caused by market fluctuations. Photo: Handout
US-China tech war

Pentagon blacklist raises spectre of investment curbs for Chinese tech firms

Chinese tech giants including Alibaba and Baidu strongly reject the Pentagon’s characterisation of them as “Chinese military companies”.

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China’s private sector

Microsoft cuts hundreds of mainland cloud jobs, as China, US tighten data laws

The firm is laying off some employees at its cloud unit amid ongoing restrictions on cross-border data flows between the two countries.

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US-China tech war

China tech bets its chips on a US$577 million fund to counter US restrictions

Chip giants launch a 3.91 billion yuan private equity fund to boost the country’s ‘hard tech’ sectors amid tightening US export curbs.

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China’s leading chipmaker CXMT is among the tech giants launching a US$577 million private equity fund to boost the country’s “hard tech” sectors amid tightening US export curbs. Photo: Handout
China’s leading chipmaker CXMT is among the tech giants launching a US$577 million private equity fund to boost the country’s “hard tech” sectors amid tightening US export curbs. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence

China warns of security risks in relay services for foreign AI models

Security ministry cautions developers on grey-market relay platforms, raising fears of privacy breaches and illicit data trading.

US-China tech war

SpaceX IPO set to lift industry in push for space-based AI, solar power: report

The company’s expected listing may boost overall satellite industry profit as it expands into more space-based applications.

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Semiconductors

Chinese start-up says its nanoimprint tech can produce optical chips without DUV

There is debate over the real value of nanoimprint lithography when it comes to volumes, yields and non-photonic chips.

Chinese researchers recently developed this highly parallel optical computing chip named Meteor-1. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence

China launches space computing hub as SpaceX gears up for historic IPO

New institute highlights Beijing’s bid to leapfrog energy bottlenecks and underscores how tech race with US is moving off-planet.

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The establishment of the institute marks a major step in the China-US AI rivalry, which is increasingly extending beyond Earth. Photo: Shutterstock
The establishment of the institute marks a major step in the China-US AI rivalry, which is increasingly extending beyond Earth. Photo: Shutterstock
Robotics

US public cheers dancing Unitree robots while Congress looks to ban them

Eight Unitree G1 humanoid robots performed an elaborate dance routine on America’s Got Talent, alongside a Chinese dancer from Sichuan.

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US-China tech war

China courts foreign firms with telecoms opening as US tightens curbs

China lifted the previous 50 per cent foreign ownership cap to allow wholly foreign-owned enterprises to operate within pilot zones.

Robotics

Unitree clears Shanghai IPO hurdle as China’s humanoid robot wave gathers pace

Listing plan highlights Unitree’s push to invest more in robot ‘brains’ as it joins competitors in China’s humanoid rush.

A Unitree robot works in a hardware store in Pocking, Germany. The robot operates in supervised mode and its goal, according to the store operator, is to support employees, not replace them. Photo: EPA
Robotics

World of humanoid robots set for new blueprint as Nvidia teams with Asian firms

The tech trio team up to create a state-of-the-art robot reference design allowing researchers to build, fine-tune and deploy skills faster.

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Unitree robots perform dance moves at Global Sources Hong Kong Shows at AsiaWorld-Expo in Chek Lap Kok. The exhibition showcases the newest technologies in mobile accessories and AI-powered consumer electronics. Photo: Eugene Lee
Unitree robots perform dance moves at Global Sources Hong Kong Shows at AsiaWorld-Expo in Chek Lap Kok. The exhibition showcases the newest technologies in mobile accessories and AI-powered consumer electronics. Photo: Eugene Lee
Semiconductors

How US export curbs are forcing China to redesign its AI chip industry

China’s tech giants are pursuing ASICs, a type of custom chip, over generic GPUs dominated by American giants like Nvidia.

US-China relations

US takes step to halt Nvidia AI chip shipments to Chinese overseas subsidiaries

Surprise move suggests US chips may have been making their way to the subsidiaries of Chinese firms based in places such as Malaysia.

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Semiconductors

Is Huawei’s new chip scaling law a true breakthrough, or mere hype?

Company says 3D design can deliver world-beating chips without the best chipmaking gear, rewriting the playbook for China’s tech future.

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People visit the exhibition area of Huawei at the 10th China-Russia Expo in Harbin, in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, on May 19. Photo: Xinhua
People visit the exhibition area of Huawei at the 10th China-Russia Expo in Harbin, in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, on May 19. Photo: Xinhua
Semiconductors

Wingtech says core of Nexperia’s China unit now based on mainland

The statement comes amid escalation in the Nexperia conflict, as Wingtech files a lawsuit in China against chip firm.

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Artificial intelligence

How MuleRun plans to outpace OpenClaw: Alibaba bets on ‘always-on AI workforce’

MuleRun lowers adoption hurdles, positioning Alibaba’s agentic AI as a safer alternative, with reach across 43 countries.

Semiconductors

Peking University unveils design tool to power Huawei’s chip ambitions

The university’s new chip design software is compatible with Huawei’s LogicFolding architecture introduced on Monday.

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A concept illustration of a Huawei chip. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Artificial intelligence

Alibaba AI beats Google and OpenAI in global coding rankings

The Chinese tech giant is the only non-US firm to crack the top five in Code Arena’s latest leaderboard.

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The logo of Chinese technology firm Alibaba is seen at its office in Beijing. Photo: AP
The logo of Chinese technology firm Alibaba is seen at its office in Beijing. Photo: AP
Artificial intelligence

China expands tech replacement drive to include AI chips amid US curbs

The latest list extends China’s trusted technology certification system to cover AI processors as Beijing pushes the use of home-grown chips.

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Semiconductors

Nvidia ‘likely the most concerned’ as Huawei bets on new chip architecture law

Chip advance marks big step accelerating China’s semiconductor self-reliance push and promises leaps in AI computing power.

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Artificial intelligence

How does China regulate AI while the US pulls back on oversight under Trump?

As the US walks back its AI model approval plans due to fears of losing its competitive edge, China has already set up a registry system.

A glowing AI core surrounded by diverse digital service icons stands before the flags of China and the US, illustrating the link between integrated AI ecosystems and global digital sovereignty. Photo: Shutterstock
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