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Get the latest on China’s push for semiconductor innovation, as the nation strives for self-reliance in this critical technology.
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12 December, 2024
SiFive co-founder Krste Asanović. Photo: Handout
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US semiconductor firm SiFive taps China’s growing appetite for open-source chips

California-based SiFive has set up a subsidiary in Shanghai to help customers ‘achieve technological breakthroughs’.

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Chinese scientists vow to launch breakthrough open-source chip in 2025

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China struggles to build car chip supply chain to break free of imports

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Artificial intelligence

China catches up fast in AI race, but US chip curbs cast shadow

Abundant investment and an open-source approach have pushed China to the AI forefront, but a lack of advanced chips may prove devastating.

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Will US chip curbs derail China’s AI ambitions? Illustration: Davies Christian Surya
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My Take | With Nvidia antitrust probe, China hardens its stance towards US ‘AI partners’

Beijing may be looking to add teeth to its response to Washington’s escalating chip war, starting with a slap on the wrist for the AI-chip maker.

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Exclusive | US to cap countries’ advanced chip access, with China in sights: sources

In a second escalation of chip restrictions this month, the US is planning to close sourcing loopholes through third-party countries, sources say.

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Chinese chip tool maker hands reins to state-owned firm after US sanctions

Empyrean Technology is handing control of its board to its largest shareholder, a state-owned enterprise, after Washington blacklisted the software maker.

China’s top maker of electronic design automation tools, Empyrean Technology, is handing control of its board over to its largest shareholder, a state-owned enterprise, showing how US sanctions are leading to unprecedented collaboration between the government and private chip firms. Photo: Shutterstock
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Huawei suppliers face new limits under US defence bill considered a ‘must-pass’

The National Defence Authorisation Act unveiled on Saturday would effectively bar contractors from selling chips or tools to Huawei or affiliates.

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China industry bodies call for ‘caution’ in buying US chips amid latest sanctions

This initiative could deal a blow to the mainland businesses of Nvidia, Qualcomm and Intel.

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US-China tech war

Chip war: Chinese firms play down fresh US sanctions, tout local supply chain

Newly blacklisted Empyrean and Skyverse say the sanctions will have little impact, pointing to their local tech stack and domestic customers.

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Semiconductor firms newly added to the US Entity List say they will see little impact from the sanctions, as their supply chain is largely localised already. Photo: Reuters
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With more than 10,000 ‘little giants’, China beats 2025 goal amid US tech war

China set a goal of cultivating 10,000 so-called ‘little giant’ firms by 2025 amid increasing tech competition with the US.

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An employee works on a production line of drones. Photo: AFP
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Biden takes a last aim at China’s hi-tech ambitions with new chip restrictions

Sweeping rules target Chinese access to US-origin and foreign-made products using high-bandwidth memory technologies.

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Nvidia meets Chinese trade negotiator as fresh US chip sanctions loom

China’s top trade negotiator and key figure during Trump’s first term met Nvidia’s global business head amid reports of fresh US export restrictions.

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Beijing plans 12-inch wafer fab, pouring US$4.6 billion into new chip project

Beijing Yandong Microelectronics will take a controlling position with a 25 per cent stake, while other investors include display maker BOE Technology.

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Beijing is pouring billions of dollars into a new wafer fabrication plant as China looks to ramp up capacity in its pursuit of technological self-sufficiency. Photo: Shutterstock
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China’s chip production slows in October amid threat of new US sanctions

Although production growth slowed to 11.8 per cent in October, semiconductors remain one of China’s fastest-growing industries this year.

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The path for China to produce advanced semiconductors is narrowing, but legacy chips remain a booming business. Photo: Reuters
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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.

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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.

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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.

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China’s chip industry is making plans to deal with Donald Trump’s second US presidency. Photo: Reuters
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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’.

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US to ban outbound investments in China’s chips, AI for national security

From January 2, engagement involving ‘defined set of technologies and products’ is prohibited to guard against fuelling PLA’s modernisation.

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China technology

Global Impact | US-China tech takes a turn as TSMC chips found in Huawei’s AI processors

In this week’s issue of the Global Impact newsletter, we take an in-depth look at the latest in China’s chip development.

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An employee produces semiconductor chips at a microelectronics enterprise in Hai’an, Jiangsu province. Photo: VCG via Getty Images
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TSMC’s Arizona chip plant outperforms Taiwan’s, boosting US drive

Early production yields at the first TSMC plant in Arizona have surpassed similar factories in Taiwan, an executive says.

US President Joe Biden speaks at a ceremony celebrating the construction of a TSMC factory in Phoenix, Arizona, in December 2022. Photo: Kyodo
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Philippines’ chip industry group courts TSMC, UMC in bid to move up value chain

‘Send us your depreciated equipment, and … we’ll train the Filipino workers that you can deploy in your global operations,’ the head of the group said.

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Qualcomm’s bid to buy Intel hinges on US election, China scrutiny

Qualcomm, which has made informal inquiries with Chinese regulators, could wait until January to make a decision, sources say.

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Why US hi-tech chip restrictions could be barrier China ‘never breaks through’

As Washington moves to close loopholes, how will Chinese leaders secure access to the technology destined to power the future?

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China Telecom say AI model with 1 trillion parameters trained with Chinese chips

The state-owned telecoms operator did not reveal what chips it used for its 1 trillion-parameter model, but it has a partnership with Huawei.

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China Telecom says its new AI model shows that the country has achieved total self-sufficiency in domestic large language model training. Photo: Bloomberg
China technology

China eyes sci-tech venture capital to boost industrial upgrade, economic growth

Premier Li Qiang said on Wednesday the development of venture capital is critical to sci-tech innovation, industrial upgrading and the growth of the economy.

US-China tech war

China touts home-grown chip machines amid self-sufficiency drive

Technology ministry claims ‘significant technological breakthroughs’ in deep-ultraviolet lithography by unnamed companies.

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