16 h. ago Moore Threads aspires to become ‘leading global player’ in AI chips after IPO

Moore Threads, a five-year-old graphics processing unit (GPU) developer created by Nvidia’s former China chief, aspires to become one of the leading global players in artificial intelligence chip development, its founder and CEO Zhang Jianzhong said. Zhang, Nvidia’s China general manager from 2006 to 2020, was quoted as saying by the official Shanghai Securities Journal that the start-up would introduce a new-generation chip each year to provide key hardware for China’s AI development. “Our goal...

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7 d. ago Nexperia Row With Chinese Parent Worsens Amid Chip Supply Pain

Nexperia Row With Chinese Parent Worsens Amid Chip Supply Pain  Asia Financial

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7 d. ago World’s largest compressed air energy storage plant in China gets turbine unit

World’s largest compressed air energy storage plant in China gets turbine unit  Interesting Engineering

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7 d. ago Nexperia Urges China Unit to Restore Chip Flow Amid Fears of Supply Squeeze

Nexperia Urges China Unit to Restore Chip Flow Amid Fears of Supply Squeeze  The Wall Street Journal

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7 d. ago Nexperia’s Supply Chain Crisis Deepens as It Presses China Unit to Talk

Nexperia’s Supply Chain Crisis Deepens as It Presses China Unit to Talk  eWeek

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7 d. ago Nexperia issues open letter urging “open dialogue” with China unit as customers report imminent production stoppages

Nexperia issues open letter urging “open dialogue” with China unit as customers report imminent production stoppages  Automotive Logistics

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7 d. ago What’s going on at Nexperia? Dutch chipmaker issues urgent plea to its China unit

What’s going on at Nexperia? Dutch chipmaker issues urgent plea to its China unit  CNBC

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7 d. ago Nexperia urges China unit to resume chip production amid supply disruption

Nexperia urges China unit to resume chip production amid supply disruption  Investing.com

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8 d. ago Dutch chipmaker Nexperia urges Chinese units to help restore supply chain

Dutch chipmaker Nexperia urges Chinese units to help restore supply chain  Reuters

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1 week ago Tencent Cloud and Cartesia find a rare common voice in AI speech applications

In a rare instance of China-US cooperation on a sensitive frontier technology, Tencent Holdings’ cloud unit has struck a partnership with San Francisco start-up Cartesia to develop next-generation voice artificial intelligence applications. Tencent Cloud said in a statement on Tuesday that it had formed a “strategic partnership” with Cartesia, which last month raised US$100 million for its text-to-speech model, Sonic 3. Tencent’s “enterprise-grade global real-time communication infrastructure”...

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2 w. ago China Future Tech webinar: assessing the impact of the Nexperia saga

While the Dutch government has offered goodwill in the dispute over control of Nexperia, a Chinese-owned, Netherlands-based chipmaker, the crisis is far from over. China’s Ministry of Commerce on Wednesday welcomed the Dutch government’s revocation of an executive order taking control of the firm. But it also noted that a Dutch court ruling remained a “key obstacle” to resolving the matter. Wingtech Technology, the Chinese owner of Nexperia, said it had yet to resume control of the chipmaker. In...

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2 w. ago China's CNPC inaugurates power unit in Beijing to drive new energy business

China's CNPC inaugurates power unit in Beijing to drive new energy business  Reuters

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2 w. ago China deepens pressure on Japan with travel bans and cancelled events

China deepens pressure on Japan with travel bans and cancelled events  Financial Times

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3 w. ago U.S. Marines Deploy Drone Unit to Philippines to Patrol Over South China Sea

U.S. Marines Deploy Drone Unit to Philippines to Patrol Over South China Sea  USNI News

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3 w. ago Dutch officials to visit Beijing next week for talks on Nexperia supply crisis

Dutch officials to visit Beijing next week for talks on Nexperia supply crisis  Anadolu Ajansı

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3 w. ago Starbucks (SBUX) Is Up 5.3% After Ceding Majority Stake in China Unit to Boyu Capital—What's Changed

Starbucks (SBUX) Is Up 5.3% After Ceding Majority Stake in China Unit to Boyu Capital—What's Changed  Yahoo Finance

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3 w. ago Xi, Spain’s King Felipe VI Vow to Deepen Strategic Partnership in Beijing

Xi, Spain’s King Felipe VI Vow to Deepen Strategic Partnership in Beijing  Khaama Press

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3 w. ago Burger King Owner Sells Majority of China Unit to Speed Growth

Burger King Owner Sells Majority of China Unit to Speed Growth  Bloomberg.com

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3 w. ago Chip relief: China allows exports of Nexperia chips for civilian use; move to ease global auto supply strain

Chip relief: China allows exports of Nexperia chips for civilian use; move to ease global auto supply strain  The Times of India

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3 w. ago Nexperia crisis: Beijing agrees to talks with Dutch officials in China

Chinese officials have agreed to hold talks with their Dutch counterparts regarding the Nexperia crisis, which has thrown the global automotive chip supply chain into uncertainty, the Ministry of Commerce said in a statement on Saturday. In response to remarks made by Netherlands’ Economy Minister Vincent Karremans on Friday – indicating that Nexperia chips made in China could resume shipments in the coming days – Beijing expressed hope that the Dutch side would take concrete actions and agreed...

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