21 h. ago China’s analogue AI chip could work 1,000 times faster than Nvidia GPU: study

Chinese scientists have created a superfast analogue chip that can solve complex maths problems for advanced scientific tasks and artificial intelligence (AI) while using less power than conventional computing, according to a paper published this month. The analogue device designed by researchers from Peking University uses memory chips made of resistive materials. With future improvements, it could perform calculations at a processing rate 1,000 times faster than top digital processors, such as...

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59 h. ago How iPhone Air’s eSIM debut reshapes China’s telecoms landscape

The launch of the iPhone Air as the first eSIM-supported smartphone sold in China marks a pivotal moment in the country’s telecoms history, as state-owned mobile carriers vie for dominance in a changing landscape. Beijing approved “commercial trials” of the handset’s eSIM function by the country’s “Big Three” telecoms operators – China Unicom, China Mobile and China Telecom – last week, and the iPhone Air sold out within minutes of its release on Friday. Domestic brands quickly followed suit....

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7 d. ago Apple CEO Tim Cook’s latest China visit boosts promotion for the iPhone Air

Apple CEO Tim Cook’s latest visit to China this year turned out to herald the launch of the iPhone Air on the mainland, as the country’s three major telecommunications network operators start commercial trials of the eSIM function on smartphones. China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom each confirmed on Monday that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology approved the eSIM trials, as Cook later that evening joined Apple’s live streaming session on ByteDance-owned platform Douyin...

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8 d. ago China Mobile aims to triple AI computing power using homegrown chips

State-owned telecom giant China Mobile announced plans to use only homegrown chips for the nation’s largest artificial intelligence computing network by 2028, accelerating China’s efforts to become a leader in AI and reduce its reliance on foreign technology. China Mobile chairman Yang Jie outlined the ambitious target at the company’s Global Partners Conference in Guangzhou on Saturday. The telco, he said, planned to double its investment in AI and explore the construction of a computing...

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1 week ago Travel Smarter in China: How Mobile Payments Are Making Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen the Ultimate Tourist Destinations

Travel Smarter in China: How Mobile Payments Are Making Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen the Ultimate Tourist Destinations  Travel And Tour World

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2 w. ago China Mobile (SEHK:941): A Closer Look at Valuation After Steady Share Price Gains This Year

China Mobile (SEHK:941): A Closer Look at Valuation After Steady Share Price Gains This Year  Yahoo Finance

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3 w. ago China tourist in Japan saves drowning woman, despite limited arm mobility

A Chinese tourist recovering from collarbone surgery has garnered praise for prioritising someone else’s safety over his own by descending a cliff to rescue a drowning Japanese woman at a tour site in Japan. The 54-year-old man, identified as Yang, hails from Xian in Shaanxi province, northwestern China. He was travelling with his wife at Jogasaki Beach in Shizuoka Prefecture on September 16 when they heard someone fall into the sea. Yang reported seeing a woman floating in the water face up at...

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3 w. ago Number of 5G mobile phone users in China surpasses 1.15 billion

Number of 5G mobile phone users in China surpasses 1.15 billion  ecns.cn

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4 w. ago Alibaba to boost AI spending as China tech giant sees AGI as new start

Alibaba Group Holding plans to increase its capital expenditures on artificial intelligence infrastructure from the original 380 billion yuan (US$53 billion) over the next three years, the group’s CEO said on Wednesday. Eddie Wu Yongming, also the chairman of Alibaba Cloud, said at the Apsara Conference in Hangzhou, in China’s eastern Zhejiang province, that Alibaba’s cloud unit aimed to become “the world’s leading full-stack AI service provider” from computing power to models. Wu did not,...

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4 w. ago AI sector faces US$800 billion revenue shortfall amid data centre buildout: Bain

Artificial intelligence companies like OpenAI have been quick to unveil plans for spending hundreds of billions of dollars on data centres, but they have been slower to show how they will pull in revenue to cover all those expenses. Now, the consulting firm Bain & Co is estimating the shortfall could be far larger than previously understood. By 2030, AI companies will need US$2 trillion in combined annual revenue to fund the computing power needed to meet projected demand, Bain said in its...

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4 w. ago Huawei’s computing cluster to power AI projects, challenge US platforms

Huawei Technologies’ quest for greater computing power for artificial intelligence projects is expected to rest on the firm’s latest supernode computing cluster systems, as these take on rival platforms from Nvidia and xAI. The Atlas 950 and Atlas 960 SuperPoDs, as well as the Atlas 950 and Atlas 960 SuperClusters, are expected to help the Shenzhen-based firm “circumvent the limitations in China’s chip manufacturing process”, Huawei deputy chairman Eric Xu Zhijun, who serves as the privately...

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4 w. ago $37 billion 'Stargate of China' project takes shape — country is converting farmland into data centers to centralize AI compute power

$37 billion 'Stargate of China' project takes shape — country is converting farmland into data centers to centralize AI compute power  Tom's Hardware

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