3 d. ago Ant Group acquires stake in Chinese memory chip firm InnoStar

A subsidiary of Ant Group has acquired a minority stake in memory chip developer InnoStar Semiconductor, signalling continued Chinese efforts to support domestic suppliers and reduce reliance on imported semiconductors. Shanghai Yunya Enterprise Management Consulting, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ant Group, recently snapped up a 1.87 per cent shareholding in InnoStar for an undisclosed amount, according to registry records in late August from corporate information provider Aiqicha. InnoStar had...

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7 d. ago First ‘universal’ 6G chip, China’s ‘cyberpunk’ cities: SCMP daily highlights

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. China unveils world’s first ‘all-frequency’ 6G chip capable of 100Gbps speeds Chinese scientists have developed the world’s first “all-frequency” 6G chip that could help bridge the digital divide between rural and urban communities. 2. Chinese firms adapting as US ends de minimis exemptions for rest of world As the United States ends import duty exemptions...

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8 d. ago Chinese AI Chip Firm Cambricon Dives 9% After Warning of Risks

Chinese AI Chip Firm Cambricon Dives 9% After Warning of Risks  Bloomberg.com

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2 w. ago Nvidia halts H20 AI chip production amid China concerns: report

Nvidia has told some component suppliers to suspend production of its H20 AI chip, designed specifically for the Chinese market, the Information reported on Thursday, citing two people with direct knowledge of the communications. According to the report, Nvidia instructed Arizona-based Amkor Technology to stop production of the H20 chips this week and also notified South Korea’s Samsung Electronics. Amkor handles advanced packaging for the chip, while Samsung supplies high-bandwidth memory chips...

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2 w. ago Chinese AI startup DeepSeek releases upgraded model with domestic chip support

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek releases upgraded model with domestic chip support  Reuters

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2 w. ago China’s Empyrean announces breakthroughs in chip design software

China’s top semiconductor design software developer Empyrean Technology said it has made breakthroughs in design tools for memory chips and panel displays, as part of its long-term goal to “fully replace foreign products” amid the ongoing US-China tech war. For memory chip design, Empyrean added a “clone group” function to the layout editor, which helps “quickly and accurately complete the layout design of identical units” as memory devices contain arrays of storage modules, according to a...

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2 w. ago China’s Nvidia challenger Cambricon to raise US$560 million for AI chip work

Chinese semiconductor firm Cambricon Technologies, seen as a potential future challenger to Nvidia, plans to raise nearly 4 billion yuan (US$560 million) for AI chip development, boosting its standing in the country’s tech self-sufficiency drive. In a statement on the weekend, Cambricon said the Shanghai Stock Exchange had given the go-ahead for its 3.98 billion yuan fundraising plan, which is pending approval from the China Securities Regulatory Commission. The move comes after its stock price...

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3 w. ago Chinese mega dam stops using Western industrial chips over security concerns

China’s Xiluodu Dam – one of the world’s largest hydropower stations – has fully transitioned away from Western-made industrial control chips over national security and supply chain resilience concerns, according to a leading Chinese industrial chip supplier. Loongson Technology said that the dam, located on the Jinsha River at the junction of the southwestern Yunnan and Sichuan provinces, had replaced long-standing foreign “programmable logic controllers” (PLCs) – from German giant Siemens and...

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3 w. ago Chinese chip stocks jump as Beijing reportedly warns against Nvidia’s H20

Chinese chip stocks jump as Beijing reportedly warns against Nvidia’s H20  Investing.com

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3 w. ago Trump Delays Snapback of High Tariffs on Chinese Goods as Beijing Seeks Easing of U.S. Chip Export Controls

Trump Delays Snapback of High Tariffs on Chinese Goods as Beijing Seeks Easing of U.S. Chip Export Controls  Tekedia

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3 w. ago Chip giants Nvidia, AMD to pay US government 15 percent of Chinese revenue

Chip giants Nvidia, AMD to pay US government 15 percent of Chinese revenue  The Hill

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3 w. ago Nvidia and AMD will give US 15% of China chip sales, reports say. But Chinese state media warns about the chips

Nvidia and AMD will give US 15% of China chip sales, reports say. But Chinese state media warns about the chips  CNN

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3 w. ago China state media says Nvidia H20 GPUs are unsafe and outdated, urges Chinese companies to avoid them — says chip is ‘neither environmentally friendly, nor advanced, nor safe’

China state media says Nvidia H20 GPUs are unsafe and outdated, urges Chinese companies to avoid them — says chip is ‘neither environmentally friendly, nor advanced, nor safe’  Tom's Hardware

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