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Nvidia

Nvidia is one of the most valuable companies in the semiconductor industry. Founded by Taiwan-born American businessman Jensen Huang, it holds a near monopoly on graphics processing units used to train AI systems.

Chairman / President

Jensen Huang

CEO / Managing Director

Jensen Huang

CFO / Finance Director

Colette Kress

Industry

Semiconductors

Website

nvidia.com

Headquarters address

2788 San Tomas Expressway, Santa Clara, CA 95051, United States

Stock Code

NASDAQ:NVDA

Year founded

1993

Chinese researchers say they have developed the world’s first highly parallel optical computing integrated chip, named “Meteor-1”. Photo: Handout

Science

In light of US sanctions, China unveils first parallel optical chip, ‘Meteor-1’

‘Optical computing … can meet AI’s ever-growing computational demands and unleash a wave of new applications’: Professor Xie Peng.

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US-China tech war

How Huawei’s silicon strategy defies US sanctions, advances China’s AI ambitions

23 Jun 2025 - 11:57AM

Malaysia

My Take | Caught in the chip war, Malaysia must rethink its US–China balancing act

20 Jun 2025 - 10:30AMvideocam

Semiconductors

How Huawei’s AI chips outperform Nvidia’s in running DeepSeek’s R1 model

Performance of Huawei’s AI data centre architecture, CloudMatrix 384, illustrates the firm’s progress in overcoming US tech control measures.

19 Jun 2025 - 7:00PM

Huawei’s Ascend-based AI data centre architecture now rivals Nvidia’s own SGLang fast-serving framework. Photo: Shutterstock

Malaysia

Malaysia ‘stands firm’ on US chip curbs after alleged breach by Chinese company

Chinese engineers rented Malaysian data centres packed with high-end Nvidia chips to train their AI model, a newspaper report has alleged.

19 Jun 2025 - 3:41PMvideocam

SCMP Highlights

Trump breaks with G7 stance, Nvidia to attend China expo: SCMP daily highlights

From US tech giant Nvidia attending a China expo to the Fujian aircraft carrier’s possible commission, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage.

17 Jun 2025 - 9:15PM

US-China trade war

China hails Nvidia expo appearance as ‘vote of confidence’ amid tensions

The American chip giant will attend China’s flagship supply chain event for the first time in July, despite rising US-China friction over tech issues.

17 Jun 2025 - 4:00PMvideocam

Nvidia’s CEO, Jensen Huang, takes part in a media event in Taiwan. Nvidia will exhibit at China’s flagship supply chain expo for the first time in July. Photo: Reuters

Rare earths

My Take | China attains leverage in trade war on the back of its trump card: rare earths

Rare earths are vital components used in various modern technologies, including smartphones, EV batteries and precision-guided missiles.

17 Jun 2025 - 10:17AMvideocam

US-China tech war

Huawei’s AI chip output limited to 200,000 in 2025, US commerce official says

That number falls short of Nvidia’s over 1 million China-specific H20 chips produced in the last nine months of 2024, analysts estimate.

13 Jun 2025 - 7:00PM

Semiconductors

AMD says new chips can top Nvidia’s in booming AI chip field

The new instalments in AMD’s MI350 chip series are faster than Nvidia counterparts and represent major gains over earlier versions, Su said.

13 Jun 2025 - 1:00PM

AMD CEO Lisa Su holds an MI300X chip at an event in San Francisco, California, on June 13, 2023. Photo: Reuters

Semiconductors

Nvidia to exclude China from forecasts amid US chip export controls

‘I’ve told all of our investors … our forecasts will not include the China market,’ Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told CNN.

13 Jun 2025 - 6:12AMvideocam

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles in Paris, France on Thursday. Photo: AFP

US-China tech war

Nvidia CEO says Huawei has everyone ‘covered’ if US chip ban on China stays

Still, Jensen Huang says his company’s technology remains a generation ahead of those developed by Chinese rivals.

12 Jun 2025 - 9:44PM

Semiconductors

Nvidia bets on European AI push amid shrinking China revenue

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.

12 Jun 2025 - 4:00PM

Semiconductors

Huawei founder sheds light on China’s strategy to overcome US curbs

Ren Zhengfei’s comments underscore Huawei’s commitment to achieving chip self-sufficiency, with compound semiconductors playing a key role.

11 Jun 2025 - 9:00PM

Ren Zhengfei, founder of Huawei Technologies. Photo: Kyodo

China trade

China, US agree to ‘done deal’, Trump says, pending sign-off by President Xi

‘Full magnets, and any necessary rare earths, will be supplied, up front, by China,’ American leader adds, following trade talks in London.

12 Jun 2025 - 5:43AMvideocam

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A man stands next to US and China flags at Lancaster House in London on Tuesday for the second day of trade talks between the US and China. Photo: Reuters

Artificial intelligence

iFlytek says using local chips in AI models extends development time by 3 months

Liu’s comments show how some Chinese tech companies are determined to improve their AI capabilities without access to Nvidia chips.

11 Jun 2025 - 6:00PM

US-China relations

The View | US crackdowns on academia will only send global talent elsewhere

The Trump administration’s war on international students need not impede efforts to create research platforms that transcend borders.

10 Jun 2025 - 4:30PM

Technology

Opinion | Who will win the AI contest of the century?

While the US and China appear to be in a two-horse race, no country can afford to ignore AI development and adoption.

6 Jun 2025 - 8:30PMvideocam

Tiangong Ultra, a humanoid robot, crosses the finish line first during the E-Town Humanoid Robot Half Marathon, in Beijing, on April 19. Photo: Reuters

Xiaomi

Xiaomi founder stays on as honorary chairman at Chinese software firm

Kingsoft Office is best known for its WPS Office software, a popular local alternative to Microsoft Office.

5 Jun 2025 - 6:00PM

US-China relations

Opinion | US-China trade war goes nuclear with Trump’s chip software ban

Sweeping ban, albeit hard to enforce, threatens to kneecap China’s semiconductor ambitions and endanger its national security.

4 Jun 2025 - 8:30PMvideocam

Huawei

Huawei claims better AI training method than DeepSeek using own chips

Huawei’s progress in AI model architecture could prove significant, as the company seeks to reduce its reliance on US technologies.

4 Jun 2025 - 8:00PMvideocam

Huawei researchers say they have improved on an AI training method used by DeepSeek. Photo: EPA-EFE

Semiconductors

Nvidia builds new AI chip for China with computing cluster capabilities: report

Company plans to produce more than 1 million units of its new China-tailored B30 chip this year, according to The Information.

2 Jun 2025 - 8:00PM

Nvidia is expected to introduce its latest China-tailored graphics processing unit in July. Photo: Shutterstock

US-China relations

Editorial | Smart money in US still bets on Beijing

From banking giants to tech behemoths, American firms are a step ahead of Washington politicians when it comes to understanding the value of China.

2 Jun 2025 - 6:30AM

China technology

My Take | Springtime for China’s engineers and scientists. In US, not so much

As the chip war rages, Chinese firms and institutes have had a boost in state support while their counterparts face crackdowns and restrictions.

1 Jun 2025 - 9:00PM

Asean

Opinion | As Malaysia’s Huawei chip storm shows, sovereign AI is a fraught pursuit

For third states, what is there to differentiate a Chinese AI stack from an US one when both lock in external reliance in the longer term?

1 Jun 2025 - 8:30PMvideocam

Southeast Asian countries must walk the tightrope between technological autonomy and fracturing geopolitical realities. Photo: Shutterstock

Taiwan economy

Trade war elephant in the showroom at Computex Taipei, Asia’s biggest tech expo

As Trump threatens to reinstate high tariffs on Taiwan, tech-sector exporters reliant on the US market fear the worst.

31 May 2025 - 11:00AMvideocam

People attend Computex 2025 at Nangang Exhibition Center in Taipei on May 20, 2025. Photo: AFP

Robotics

China claims breakthrough in robotics software that supports domestic chips

The Intewell operating system is designed to serve as foundational software for embodied intelligent robots.

30 May 2025 - 6:30PM

Japan

‘Few options’: Japan minister heads to US with US$6.9 billion spending package

Japan’s economy minister is heading to Washington this week for a fresh round of talks in an effort to protect vital US trade ties.

30 May 2025 - 3:26PMvideocam

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