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Get the latest on China’s push for semiconductor innovation, as the nation strives for self-reliance in this critical technology.
Full Vision Capital managing partner Alan Chan, left, and StarFive CEO Thomas Xu, holding a RISC-V chip. Photo: Jonathan Wong
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Hong Kong investment arm backs Chinese RISC-V start-up StarFive

The partnership will see Hong Kong support StarFive in rolling out RISC-V chip applications in the city.

Huawei

Huawei develops computer chips in move away from Intel, Windows

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Artificial intelligence

AI start-up challenges Nvidia’s dominance with Beijing support

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Foxconn

Foxconn breaks ground on new China headquarters in EV push

The move marks a major step by the Apple contractor to diversify its business into EVs, semiconductors, robots and other areas.

Foxconn is building a new global headquarters in China. Photo: Reuters
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Taking a RISC: Hong Kong puts weight behind China’s open-source chips bet

Amid a flurry of RISC-V-focused conferences in China, Hong Kong is promoting research in the open-source chip standard.

US-China tech war

Hong Kong to launch 2 AI forums as US-China tech war rages

The city is shifting towards a technology-driven economy to align with Beijing’s strategic goals, with major investments planned for AI.

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US-China trade war

Stay or go? Taiwan’s chipmakers explore US factories to avoid tariffs

Higher US tariffs would put Taiwan’s semiconductor industry under pressure, but most smaller firms cannot afford to open an American site.

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Morris Chang, the founder of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., gives a speech at the company’s new facility in Arizona, 2022. Photo: AP
US-China tech war

What did China’s tech titans tell Xi Jinping at the symposium?

Ren Zhengfei from Huawei, Lei Jun from Xiaomi and Wang Xingxing from Unitree all gave speeches at the high-profile meeting.

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Nvidia CEO Huang thanks China staff for loyalty amid US chip curbs

The American entrepreneur touted Nvidia’s contribution to China’s modernisation on a trip to Beijing.

US-China tech war

US blacklists Chinese AI unicorn as tech rivalry escalates

Zhipu AI is among more than two dozen China and Singapore-based companies added to the US Entity List on Wednesday.

The US Commerce Department has added a Chinese AI start-up to its export control list. Photo: AFP
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Cambricon, China’s answer to Nvidia, predicts first quarterly profit

The Chinese investors’ darling of 2024 is one of the nation’s best hopes in developing home-grown advanced graphics processors.

Cambricon Technologies predicted its first-ever quarterly profit. Photo: Handout
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US semiconductor firm SiFive taps China’s growing appetite for open-source chips

California-based SiFive has set up a subsidiary in Shanghai to help customers ‘achieve technological breakthroughs’.

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Chinese scientists vow to launch breakthrough open-source chip in 2025

Efforts by the Chinese Academy of Sciences form part of Beijing’s push to reduce reliance on foreign semiconductor technology.

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China struggles to build car chip supply chain to break free of imports

The country’s self-sufficiency rate for automotive chips is currently less than 10 per cent, according to an official at MIIT.

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The BYD booth at the Automechanika in Frankfurt, Germany, September 11, 2024. Soaring EV production in China is boosting demand for chips. Photo: Xinhua
Artificial intelligence

China catches up fast in AI race, but US chip curbs cast shadow

Abundant investment and an open-source approach have pushed China to the AI forefront, but a lack of advanced chips may prove devastating.

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Will US chip curbs derail China’s AI ambitions? Illustration: Davies Christian Surya
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My Take | With Nvidia antitrust probe, China hardens its stance towards US ‘AI partners’

Beijing may be looking to add teeth to its response to Washington’s escalating chip war, starting with a slap on the wrist for the AI-chip maker.

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Exclusive | US to cap countries’ advanced chip access, with China in sights: sources

In a second escalation of chip restrictions this month, the US is planning to close sourcing loopholes through third-party countries, sources say.

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Chinese chip tool maker hands reins to state-owned firm after US sanctions

Empyrean Technology is handing control of its board to its largest shareholder, a state-owned enterprise, after Washington blacklisted the software maker.

China’s top maker of electronic design automation tools, Empyrean Technology, is handing control of its board over to its largest shareholder, a state-owned enterprise, showing how US sanctions are leading to unprecedented collaboration between the government and private chip firms. Photo: Shutterstock
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Huawei suppliers face new limits under US defence bill considered a ‘must-pass’

The National Defence Authorisation Act unveiled on Saturday would effectively bar contractors from selling chips or tools to Huawei or affiliates.

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China industry bodies call for ‘caution’ in buying US chips amid latest sanctions

This initiative could deal a blow to the mainland businesses of Nvidia, Qualcomm and Intel.

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US-China tech war

Chip war: Chinese firms play down fresh US sanctions, tout local supply chain

Newly blacklisted Empyrean and Skyverse say the sanctions will have little impact, pointing to their local tech stack and domestic customers.

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Semiconductor firms newly added to the US Entity List say they will see little impact from the sanctions, as their supply chain is largely localised already. Photo: Reuters
China manufacturing

With more than 10,000 ‘little giants’, China beats 2025 goal amid US tech war

China set a goal of cultivating 10,000 so-called ‘little giant’ firms by 2025 amid increasing tech competition with the US.

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An employee works on a production line of drones. Photo: AFP
US-China relations

Biden takes a last aim at China’s hi-tech ambitions with new chip restrictions

Sweeping rules target Chinese access to US-origin and foreign-made products using high-bandwidth memory technologies.

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Nvidia meets Chinese trade negotiator as fresh US chip sanctions loom

China’s top trade negotiator and key figure during Trump’s first term met Nvidia’s global business head amid reports of fresh US export restrictions.

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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.

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Beijing is pouring billions of dollars into a new wafer fabrication plant as China looks to ramp up capacity in its pursuit of technological self-sufficiency. Photo: Shutterstock
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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.

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The path for China to produce advanced semiconductors is narrowing, but legacy chips remain a booming business. Photo: Reuters
Shenzhen

Shenzhen’s soaring R&D spending rivals Beijing, dwarfs Hong Kong

The southern city put nearly US$31 billion into R&D last year, driven partly by robust spending from tech giants like Huawei.

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.

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