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Opinion | To respond to a Trump trade war 2.0, China has a few tools at its disposal

With the US poised to escalate the trade war, China must focus on boosting self-sufficiency and diversifying its options beyond the West.

22 Nov 2024 - 8:12AMvideocam

Semiconductors

Qualcomm ‘positive’ on Trump administration as it forecasts chip sales growth

20 Nov 2024 - 11:15AM

Semiconductors

Chinese smartphone makers lift Qualcomm’s chip sales

7 Nov 2024 - 3:00PM

US presidential election 2024

From chip war to TikTok ban: what tech can expect from Donald Trump

As Donald Trump returns to the White House, tech companies are bracing for a revamp of tech policies imposed by Joe Biden.

7 Nov 2024 - 10:20AM

Tech giants are bracing for the return of Donald Trump to the White House. Photo: EPA-EFE

Semiconductors

Semiconductor firms ASML, AMD, Qualcomm reaffirm China commitment

They joined about 400 other firms at the Intelligent Industry & Information Technology exhibition, part of the 2024 CIIE trade fair in Shanghai.

7 Nov 2024 - 9:00AM

Xiaomi

Xiaomi unveils US$114,000 Ferrari lookalike in luxury car venture

The SU7 Ultra has drawn both scepticism and admiration from consumers in the world’s largest EV market.

30 Oct 2024 - 7:00PM

Smartphones

China smartphone market on track to post first annual sales growth in five years

Domestic smartphone sales rose 2.3 per cent year on year in the September quarter, reinforcing market forecasts of a low single-digit increase in 2024.

29 Oct 2024 - 7:00PM

Apple’s iPhone 16 series saw more than 70 per cent of domestic sales come from the Pro and Pro Max models as of October 8. Photo: Shutterstock

Semiconductors

Qualcomm may lose licence to design its own chips on Arm standards

The cancellation escalates a legal dispute between two major companies that helped advance the smartphone industry.

23 Oct 2024 - 10:30AM

Smartphones

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite to give Chinese smartphones an AI power boost

Xiaomi, OnePlus, Realme and Honor have announced devices with the new chip as they look to take on Apple and Samsung in AI.

23 Oct 2024 - 9:00AM

Semiconductors

Qualcomm unveils smartphone chip with laptop-level capabilities

The latest version of the Snapdragon line-up will include Qualcomm’s in-house design, as the company invests more in home-grown technology.

22 Oct 2024 - 9:46AM

Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon introduces its new smartphone chip at the company’s annual tech summit in Maui, Hawaii. Photo: Xinhua

Xiaomi

Chinese official praises Xiaomi chip design as firm stays silent

A Beijing municipal official heaps praise on Xiaomi’s design for a 3-nanometre processor, but the smartphone maker has yet to comment.

21 Oct 2024 - 10:00PM

A Xiaomi building in Nanjing, eastern China’s Jiangsu province. Photo: AFP

Semiconductors

Qualcomm’s bid to buy Intel hinges on US election, China scrutiny

Qualcomm, which has made informal inquiries with Chinese regulators, could wait until January to make a decision, sources say.

16 Oct 2024 - 11:45AM

Semiconductors

Intel rebuffs Arm after British firm asked to buy US chip maker’s product unit

In the high-level inquiry, Arm did not express interest in Intel’s manufacturing operations.

27 Sep 2024 - 2:52PM

Artificial intelligence

Lenovo launches new AI-capable PCs powered by Intel, AMD and Qualcomm processors

The latest AI device portfolio from Lenovo reflects efforts by the global PC industry to boost its recovery this year.

25 Sep 2024 - 3:52PM

Artificial intelligence-enabled devices are expected to help raise personal computer shipments and fuel an increase in average selling price. Photo: Lenovo

Semiconductors

Auto chip designer Black Sesame to raise up to US$143 million in Hong Kong IPO

Black Sesame’s listing initiative in Hong Kong would follow the successful initial public offering in June of Tencent Holdings-backed QuantumPharm.

2 Aug 2024 - 11:30AMvideocam

Black Sesame is considered one of the mainland auto chip designers that can compete with the likes of Nvidia and Qualcomm. Photo: Shutterstock

Smartphones

Samsung-ByteDance AI pact and Xiaomi heat up China’s foldable smartphone market

Major Android handset vendors are betting on foldable, artificial intelligence-powered models to compete with Apple ’s iPhone in the high-end segment of the smartphone market.

18 Jul 2024 - 7:05PM

China manufacturing

My Take | How China’s automated super factories are raising hopes for an economic revival

The environment inside a highly automated plant appears a far cry from the days when mainland Chinese factories were known as ‘labour-intensive’ sweatshops.

16 Jul 2024 - 7:00AM

Huawei

US revoked 8 licences for exporting goods to Huawei in 2024

The Biden administration is taking to new measures to thwart Huawei, which has started to rebound despite US sanctions.

3 Jul 2024 - 10:26AM

The US government has revoked eight licences this year that had allowed some companies to ship goods to Huawei. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS

China technology

Intel’s China arm invests in telecoms subsidiary of Apple supplier Luxshare

Intel’s latest investment on the mainland reflects its efforts in driving the buildout of sophisticated data centres used for the development of artificial intelligence systems.

18 Jun 2024 - 9:00PM

Artificial intelligence

Intel CEO hits back after Nvidia CEO says rival’s chips not for AI era

Pat Gelsinger took a direct shot at claims by Nvidia chief Jensen Huang that traditional processors like Intel’s are running out of steam in the age of AI.

5 Jun 2024 - 11:00AM

Semiconductors

Nvidia’s rock-star CEO leads US chip bosses to Taiwan’s AI expo

Taiwan’s pre-eminence in semiconductors is at an all-time high, as the island welcomes Huang and the CEOs of AMD, Intel, Qualcomm and Arm Holdings to Computex 2024.

2 Jun 2024 - 3:52PM

Nvidia founder Jensen Huang threw a ceremonial first pitch during Taiwanese Heritage Day before a baseball game in Oakland, California last Saturday. The CEO is currently on a visit to Taiwan for the island’s Computex tech expo. Photo: AP Photo

Artificial intelligence

Microsoft unveils AI-capable Windows PCs starting at US$1,000

The computers, which run chips from Qualcomm, are 58 per cent faster than Apple’s top-of-the-line MacBook Air M3, according to Microsoft.

21 May 2024 - 11:08AMvideocam

Microsoft vice-president of Surface devices Brett Ostrum held the company’s new AI PCs at an event in Redmond, Washington, on Monday. Photo: AFP

US-China tech war

Amid China tech advances, US national security is ‘foremost’: top Biden official

American vulnerability to Chinese overcapacity also a concern being tackled, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo tells key House Appropriations committee.

9 May 2024 - 5:22AMvideocam

United States

Intel expects revenue to fall below projections after US Huawei ban

On Tuesday, the US revoked licenses allowing Huawei, a Chinese telecommunications giant blacklisted by the US, to buy semiconductors from Intel and rival Qualcomm Inc.

9 May 2024 - 12:34AM

Huawei

Huawei’s laptop business under threat after US revokes chip licences

Further restrictions on access to Intel and Qualcomm chips would pose challenges to Huawei’s PC business, which has been gaining ground in the China market.

8 May 2024 - 9:53PM

Huawei

Huawei announces new car and PC, but still no P70 smartphone

Huawei announced new versions of its Luxeed S7 electric sedan and a PC with AI built in, but people are still awaiting its next big smartphone launch since the Mate 60.

12 Apr 2024 - 2:11AMvideocam

A person checks a Huawei Mate 60 Pro smartphone displayed at a Huawei flagship store in Beijing on September 25, 2023. Photo: Reuters

E-commerce

China to woo belt and road allies at ‘digital silk road’ forum in April

With China at odds with Western countries in data and cyberspace management, Beijing is trying to sway other parties to side with its vision.

27 Mar 2024 - 7:41PMvideocam

Huawei

Intel still sells to Huawei millions of dollars’ worth of advanced chips

The US chip giant still retains a Trump-era licence to sell advanced laptop CPUs to Huawei despite pressure on Biden to revoke the permission, sources say

13 Mar 2024 - 10:53AM

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Chairman / President

Mark D. McLaughlin

CEO / Managing Director

Cristiano R. Amon

CFO / Finance Director

Akash Palkhiwala

Industry

Technology, Semiconductors

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5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, CA 92121, United States

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NASDAQ:QCOM

Year founded

1985

last updated:

30 September, 2024