7 h. ago China delays approval of $35bn US chip merger amid Donald Trump’s trade war

China delays approval of $35bn US chip merger amid Donald Trump’s trade war  Financial Times

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16 h. ago Nvidia to exclude China from forecasts amid US chip export controls

Nvidia to exclude China from forecasts amid US chip export controls  South China Morning Post

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17 h. ago Nvidia to stop including China in forecasts amid US chip export controls, CNN reports

Nvidia to stop including China in forecasts amid US chip export controls, CNN reports  Reuters

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17 h. ago Nvidia will stop including China in its forecasts amid US chip export controls, CEO says

Nvidia will stop including China in its forecasts amid US chip export controls, CEO says  CNN

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22 h. ago Nvidia CEO says Huawei has everyone ‘covered’ if US chip ban on China stays

Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang said his company’s technology remained a generation ahead of those developed by China, but warned that Huawei Technologies was in a position to expand its semiconductor business should US chip export curbs stay in place. In an interview with US broadcaster CNBC on Thursday, Huang appeared to echo recent published remarks made by Huawei founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei, who said the Chinese company’s Ascend artificial intelligence (AI) processors lagged behind...

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27 h. ago Nvidia bets on European AI push amid shrinking China revenue

Nvidia is trying to woo European markets with new partnerships and a pledge to build 20 new artificial intelligence (AI) factories across the continent, as the US chip giant grapples with declining sales in China amid Washington’s tightening export controls. CEO Jensen Huang, speaking at the annual VivaTech conference in Paris on Wednesday, said the company was building the world’s first “industrial artificial intelligence cloud” for European manufacturers. The Germany-based facility, a key part...

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29 h. ago China’s photonic chip debut to power AI, 6G and quantum computing push

As China joins the international drive to mass produce high-performance photonic chips, an industry pioneer said the technical performance of its chips will position the country for major advances in artificial intelligence (AI), 6G and quantum computing. Shanghai Jiao Tong University Chip Hub for Integrated Photonics Xplore (CHIPX) announced on June 5 that it had begun producing 6-inch (15.2cm) wafers for thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) photonic chips, which rely on light – or photons – rather...

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29 h. ago China’s photonic chip debut to power AI, 6G and quantum computing push: expert

As China joins the international drive to mass produce high-performance photonic chips, an industry pioneer said the technical performance of its chips will position the country for major advances in artificial intelligence (AI), 6G and quantum computing. Shanghai Jiao Tong University Chip Hub for Integrated Photonics Xplore (CHIPX) announced on June 5 that it had begun producing 6-inch (15.2cm) wafers for thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) photonic chips, which rely on light – or photons – rather...

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31 h. ago China's racing to build its AI chip ecosystem as U.S. curbs bite. Here's how its supply chain stacks up

China's racing to build its AI chip ecosystem as U.S. curbs bite. Here's how its supply chain stacks up  CNBC

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37 h. ago China’s orchard of AI, chip grads now ripe for the pickin’ as tech trade sours

When Jack Wang enrolled as an undergraduate in microelectronics at a prestigious Chinese university, the year was 2019, and China was in the early days of its trade war with the United States. Looking back, his decision to focus on the field revolving around the design and manufacture of hi-tech microchips has proved prescient. Today, it complements Beijing’s aspirations to make world-leading semiconductors amid Washington’s amped-up efforts to curtail China’s technological progress. Indeed, the...

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46 h. ago Huawei founder sheds light on China’s strategy to overcome US curbs

Recent comments from Huawei Technologies founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei regarding US chip restrictions have shed light on China’s strategies to overcome Washington’s sanctions, according to analysts. In a front-page interview published on Tuesday by the People’s Daily, the mouthpiece of the Communist Party, the 80-year-old Ren expressed confidence that there was no need to worry about China’s access to advanced chips, asserting that the nation could achieve computing capabilities comparable to the...

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3 d. ago Nvidia, AMD, Other Chip Stocks Rise on Hopes China Export Restrictions Could Ease

Nvidia, AMD, Other Chip Stocks Rise on Hopes China Export Restrictions Could Ease  Investopedia

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4 d. ago Beyond 1s and 0s: China starts mass production of world’s first non

Beyond 1s and 0s: China starts mass production of world’s first non-binary AI chip  South China Morning Post

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9 d. ago US’s Decision to Ban The Sale of Chip Design Equipment To China Puts The Trade Deal at Jeopardy; China’s Domestic Alternatives To Now Gain Attention

US’s Decision to Ban The Sale of Chip Design Equipment To China Puts The Trade Deal at Jeopardy; China’s Domestic Alternatives To Now Gain Attention  Wccftech

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1 week ago US efforts to coerce China into trade concessions ‘will not work’, analysts say

US President Donald Trump’s attempts to force Beijing back to the negotiating table by piling “extreme pressure” on the Chinese economy through a barrage of export controls are doomed to fail, analysts said. Washington has unveiled new curbs on the sale of jet engine and chip design technologies to China in recent days, as Trump insisted in a social media post that he would no longer be “Mr Nice Guy” on trade. But Beijing responded with a stinging rebuke on Monday, with the Ministry of Commerce...

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1 week ago Nvidia builds new AI chip for China with computing cluster capabilities: report

Semiconductor giant Nvidia is developing a new China-tailored artificial intelligence (AI) chip that complies with US export regulations and will enable users to link multiple units to create high-performance computing clusters, according to a report by digital publication The Information. Nvidia plans to produce more than 1 million units of its new B30 chip this year, the report said, amid efforts by the company to preserve its market share in the world’s second-largest economy in the face of...

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1 week ago Nvidia reportedly developing new AI chip for China that meets export controls – B30 could include NVLink for creation of high

Nvidia reportedly developing new AI chip for China that meets export controls – B30 could include NVLink for creation of high-performance clusters  Tom's Hardware

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1 week ago China’s 2030 metrology action plan targets chip, quantum wins in race with US

China has released an action plan for “disruptive technological innovation” in metrology – the scientific study of measurement – within the next five years. The 2030 action plan, released by the State Administration for Market Regulation, focuses on breakthroughs in chip technology and quantum-scale measurement, both critical to a wide range of industries. According to a report by ministry newspaper Science and Technology Daily last week, the plan targets tackling several “pain points” or...

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2 w. ago Synopsys suspends forecasts after US cracks down on China chip software exports

Synopsys suspends forecasts after US cracks down on China chip software exports  Reuters

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2 w. ago Nvidia ‘considering’ new AI chip for China but rules out Hopper series

Nvidia said a new artificial intelligence (AI) chip for the Chinese market is not ready although it is considering such a plan, as US export controls continue to cloud the outlook for the tech giant in the world’s second largest economy. “The key is to understand the limits and see if we can come up with interesting products that could continue to serve the Chinese market,” Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang, 62, said during the company’s post-earnings call on Wednesday. “We don’t have anything...

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