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Semiconductors

Xiaomi readies in-house mobile chip for 2025 in move away from Qualcomm

Xiaomi’s move could help with China’s goal of tech self-reliance, but only Apple and Google have completely transitioned to self-designed silicon.

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Huawei

Huawei’s launches ‘most powerful’ Mate phone but keeps its chip a secret

2 hours ago

Semiconductors: Geopolitics

Nvidia meets Chinese trade negotiator as fresh US chip sanctions loom

25 Nov 2024 - 9:10PM

SCMP Highlights

Recap | China rushes to stockpile US microchips, world-beating supercomputer: 5 tech war stories

Explore five latest stories on the continuing US-China tech showdown, from a scramble to stockpile chips ahead of Trump sanctions to semiconductor firms in Washington’s crosshairs.

23 Nov 2024 - 1:53PM

China is accelerating its efforts to stockpile microchips from the United States, as it looks to hedge against a potential wave of sanctions from the incoming administration of president-elect Donald Trump. Photo: Shutterstock

Taiwan

How will Trump handle Taiwan? Beijing sees hawkish signs as analysts are divided

Some say he could use self-ruled island as bargaining chip for economic concessions while others rule that out, citing political pushback.

23 Nov 2024 - 6:55AMvideocam

Artificial intelligence

Huawei’s AI chips fill Nvidia-sized hole in medical research in Hong Kong

An AI research centre under the Chinese Academy of Sciences is using Huawei chips to power its Cares Copilot model that helps with surgery.

22 Nov 2024 - 9:00PM

US-China relations

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

China trade

China races to stockpile US chips before Trump ramps up sanctions

As more US tech curbs look likely in second Trump term, China’s imports of made-in-America integrated circuits have surged by 60 per cent.

22 Nov 2024 - 8:59AMvideocam

Electric & new energy vehicles

China’s Hua Hong Semiconductor to make auto chips for Europe’s STM

The move signifies the importance of the Chinese EV market and the country’s progress in legacy chipmaking.

22 Nov 2024 - 1:21AM

Science

Chinese supercomputer tops global computing efficiency list

Tianhe Exa-node Prototype tops big data category, as Graph500 deems energy-aware big data computing necessary for future industry.

21 Nov 2024 - 8:05PMvideocam

Tianhe, developed by the National University of Defence Technology, is ranked at the top of the latest list of the world’s most power-efficient big data processing systems. Photo: Xinhua

Nvidia

Nvidia’s AI chip demand still booming but slowing sales growth worries investors

The company forecast revenue of US$37.5 billion, plus or minus 2 per cent for the fourth quarter.

21 Nov 2024 - 11:20AM

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang presents the company’s Blackwell platform at an event in Taiwan, June 2, 2024. Photo: Reuters

Artificial intelligence

China’s Xi talks cyber unity as US seeks AI ‘Manhattan Project’

In video speech delivered to the annual World Internet Conference, Xi Jinping called for ‘inclusive’ cyberspace development as US-China fissures widen.

20 Nov 2024 - 2:18PM

Science

How Trump’s first term broke decades-old tech barriers that troubled Beijing

Chinese team says in his first term Trump inadvertently broke down invisible barrier that had troubled Beijing for decades.

20 Nov 2024 - 9:27PMvideocam

Qualcomm

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

Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon does not foresee problems competing for business in China, which accounts for 46 per cent of company revenue.

20 Nov 2024 - 11:15AM

Semiconductors: Companies

Beijing chip forum attendees mull impact of TSMC block, second Trump term

At the 21st China International Semiconductor Expo, industry experts weighed in on the challenges and opportunities ahead in domestic chipmaking.

20 Nov 2024 - 9:00AM

Naura Technology’s booth at Semicon China in Shanghai in March. Photo: Che Pan

US presidential election 2024

Howard Lutnick named US commerce chief, will ‘lead’ on tariffs and trade

Wall Street CEO co-chairs Donald Trump’s transition team and was previously said to be in the running for treasury secretary.

20 Nov 2024 - 6:20AMvideocam

Foxconn

iPhone maker Foxconn partners with Nvidia on AI-driven factories

Foxconn is partnering with Nvidia to develop so-called digital twins to help build advanced facilities around the world.

19 Nov 2024 - 2:00PM

Video gaming

Hong Kong-founded maker of Nvidia graphics cards moves to Singapore

The 27-year-old company said it has moved its headquarters to Singapore, where it made a secondary listing, amid chip supply chain pressure.

18 Nov 2024 - 9:20PM

Zotac graphics card housing an GeForce RTX 4090, Nvidia’s top-of-the-line consumer chip that is banned from export to China. Zotac is one of the main brands from PC Partner. Photo: Handout

Semiconductors: Policy

Beijing plans 12-inch wafer fab, pouring US$4.6 billion into new chip project

Beijing Yandong Microelectronics will take a controlling position with a 25 per cent stake, while other investors include display maker BOE Technology.

16 Nov 2024 - 4:30PM

Semiconductors: Companies

China’s chip production slows in October amid threat of new US sanctions

Although production growth slowed to 11.8 per cent in October, semiconductors remain one of China’s fastest-growing industries this year.

15 Nov 2024 - 9:14PMvideocam

Shenzhen

Shenzhen unveils national centre for third-generation semiconductor materials

The Shenzhen platform is part of the National Third-Generation Semiconductor Technology Innovation Centre, first launched in 2021.

15 Nov 2024 - 10:00AM

A staff member at the workshop of TankeBlue Semiconductor, a Beijing-based firm that specialises in third generation semiconductors. Photo: Xinhua

Semiconductors: Companies

China’s top chip packaging firm sees major board shake-up

Former SMIC chairman Gao Yonggang has resigned from JCET’s board after China Resources became the firm’s largest shareholder.

14 Nov 2024 - 8:00PM

JCET is China’s leading chip packaging company. Photo: Handout

SCMP Highlights

Recap | ByteDance AI becomes China’s No 1, AMD cuts jobs in Nvidia battle and more tech stories

In our latest future tech news, ByteDance’s Doubao is beating competitors in China, AMD moves to focus on AI chip market and OpenAI urges US collaboration against China.

14 Nov 2024 - 1:05PM

Artificial intelligence

AMD cuts 1,000 staff to focus on AI chips in battle with Nvidia

The company’s data centre segment has performed vastly better than its personal computer and gaming units this year.

14 Nov 2024 - 11:46AM

US-China relations

China to court G20 nations amid US-led sanctions over Taiwan: report

Study of ‘escalation’ scenarios released before high-stakes G20 annual meeting in Brazil that Xi Jinping and Joe Biden are slated to attend.

14 Nov 2024 - 6:22AMvideocam

A G20 banner adorns city hall in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where leaders of the world’s largest economies will converge between November 18 and 19, 2024. Photo: AFP

TSMC

World’s largest foundry extends dominance in lithography systems

AnandTech and The Register indicate that TSMC’s share of global EUV systems has grown from 50 per cent to 56 per cent between 2020 and 2023.

13 Nov 2024 - 7:17PM

China technology

China’s chip start-up taking on Nvidia kicks off pre-IPO process

Moore Threads has hired Citic Securities to start the ‘tutoring’ process as it seeks to capitalise on enthusiasm in China’s semiconductor industry.

13 Nov 2024 - 5:00PM

US-China tech war

China’s tech firms fear bigger curbs as TSMC stops AI chip supply

A wider shipment ban on TSMC-made chips could affect a range of mainland businesses from electric vehicles to smartphones.

12 Nov 2024 - 9:29PM

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Semiconductors

Semiconductors are the cornerstone technology of the information age. These tiny electronic devices, usually smaller than a postage stamp, power the modern economy by acting as data-processing brains for products, from smartphones to cars and spacecraft.

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26 September, 2024