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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.
Chinese scientists have developed a breakthrough eight-inch GaN wafer. Photo: Shutterstock
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Largest gallium wafer: how China leads on next-gen semiconductor tech

A world-first N-polar GaN wafer created by Chinese scientists could be a game changer for the semiconductor industry.

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Chinese scientists build world’s first AI chip made of carbon

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Alibaba’s research arm launches a high-performance RISC-V chip for servers

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Taking a RISC: Hong Kong puts weight behind China’s open-source chips bet

Amid a flurry of RISC-V-focused conferences in China, Hong Kong is promoting research in the open-source chip standard.

China hopes the open-source RISC-V chip instruction set can eventually help it overcome US semiconductor restrictions. Photo: Shutterstock
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China cracks GaN chip defect mystery, boosting tech war edge

Minimising semiconductor flaws will expand China’s price gap with US for advanced chips used in electronic warfare, aerospace.

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Top chip designer Sun Nan leaves US and finds ‘room to play’ in China

Tsinghua University highlights professor who has returned to China to train next generation of chip experts and tackle tech problems.

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China’s netizens warned that shutting down scientists’ views may hobble progress

Renowned scientists such as physicist He Zuoxiu and Fields Medal winner Yau Shing-Tung have been subjected to online attacks.

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“Fandom culture is worryingly penetrating into discussions of science topics” and could hurt China’s technology sector, editorial in state-affiliated media outlet has warned. Photo: Shutterstock
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China boosts quantum computer production with self-developed chips

Origin Quantum, a research firm added to the US trade blacklist this year, is expanding its superconducting quantum computer production.

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China claims breakthrough that could clear chip-design hurdle

A Wuhan-based lab has announced a ‘milestone’ that could help China overcome restraints imposed by traditional chip-design technology.

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Chinese memory chip maker YMTC achieves design breakthrough despite US sanctions

Chinese flash memory giant YMTC has made a small leap in its chip design architecture, thanks to closer ties with domestic semiconductor tool providers.

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YMTC has narrowed the gap with advanced products in the market in terms of “bit density”. Photo: Shutterstock Images
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China touts home-grown chip machines amid self-sufficiency drive

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

China has spent years pursuing technology self-sufficiency in chip production, but its progress in lithography systems remains slow. Photo: Shutterstock
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China’s chip making shows progress with new EUV patent despite US sanctions

The patent from Shanghai Micro Electronics Equipment is still under review, but producing EUV tools in China would break a monopoly held by ASML.

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How Chinese engineers helped build the US semiconductor empire: a timeline

US domination of the field of advanced electronics has been propelled in part by many Chinese academics.

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Could an artificial sapphire insulator be the bedrock of next-gen chip technology?

Researchers in China are tackling the problem of how to create effective current barriers as circuits become more complex and thinner.

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Traditional chips, also known as integrated circuits, feature complex, interconnected structures on a silicon wafer substrate. Photo: Shutterstock
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China could reach chip tool self-sufficiency this summer, industry veteran says

AMEC CEO Gerald Yin said China is on the verge of basic self-sufficiency in chip-making equipment, but is behind 5 to 10 years in quality and reliability.

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Escalating US export restrictions have made it harder for Chinese companies to access advanced chip-making equipment in recent years. Photo: Reuters
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Have Chinese scientists cracked code to making ultra-thin semiconductor material?

Research by Chinese team addresses key barrier to reducing the size of traditional silicon-based chips.

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Scientists in China, South Korea tell of ‘crucial stride’ in chip tech

Newly devised strategy could make commercially viable amorphous p-type semiconductors a reality, team in Chengdu and Pohang says in Nature paper.

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Chinese scientists create world’s most energy-efficient AI chips

Two record-breaking Chinese-made AI chips have wowed audiences at a prestigious conference.

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Chinese scientists have revealed two groundbreaking AI chips at a leading conference that are highly energy efficient. Photo: Shutterstock
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China enters hi-tech imaging race with new ‘core’ electron microscope

Guangzhou-based lab unveils equipment with high hopes of replacing imports, report says.

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Chinese-US team creates first graphene semiconductor in likely computing leap

Chinese state media hails study as momentous step forward for graphene’s use in chip making, sought after by scientists since its discovery in 2004.

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Chinese molecular ‘glue’ could lead to advanced 3D-printed semiconductors

‘3D Pin’ technique helps researchers form stable bonds between suspended nanocrystals to create robust 3D structures.

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Researchers from Tsinghua University have added new materials to the 3D-printing toolbox. The result is the world’s first 3D-printed semiconductor featuring nanometre-level structures. Image: Handout
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Chinese lab uses microbes to turn waste water into semiconductor materials

Researchers discover a trailblazing method to transform industrial waste water into valuable chemicals using engineered bacteria.

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Scientists in China have found a way to extract useful chemicals from heavy metal contaminated water that could lead to sustainable, eco-friendly production of valuable semiconductor materials. Photo: Shutterstock
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Chinese scientists unlock potentials of a new semiconductor building block

World’s first fully system-integrated memristor chip could make artificial intelligence smarter and up to 75 times more efficient, researchers say.

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Chinese breakthrough in advanced semiconductor may bring edge amid US ban

Proposed casting method is relatively simple and shorter, making it suitable for automated control and aiding future production.

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Chinese breakthrough set to revolutionise semiconductor industry

New 2D wafer could become the next-generation semiconductor to complement silicon chips.

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A breakthrough in the production of 2D 12-inch wafers could revolutionise the semiconductor industry. Photo: AFP
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Chinese ‘GaN’ semiconductor firm is probed in US amid IP dispute with competitor

GaN tech has emerged as a promising alternative to silicon when it comes to semiconductor innovation, offering increased efficiency at smaller sizes.

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Innoscience is being investigated in US over IP dispute with competitor. Photo: Reuters
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China-born scientist targeted by US ‘discovers world’s best semiconductor’

MIT professor Gang Chen, whose name was cleared this year following an investigation into his alleged China ties, says the new material conducts heat 10 times better than silicon.

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China technology

Peking University joins country’s wave to create new semiconductor schools

Chinese universities are scrambling to set up chip schools to halt a top-level brain drain, which has set back semiconductor self-sufficiency efforts.

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