TikTok calls report that it is cloning its recommendation algorithm for US users to prepare for a potential divestment ‘misleading’ and ‘inaccurate’.
AI is ‘going through a kind of a bubble right now’, the Nobel Prize-winning economist said, suggesting that limits to the technology’s capabilities could soon set in.
Huawei’s chips are becoming popular components in Chinese-made AI boxes, but the pace of the firm’s ascendancy will depend on how quickly it can ramp up production.
Apart from domestic semiconductor manufacturers, the third phase of China’s ‘Big Fund’ is expected to support chip equipment and material suppliers, analysts said.
The third phase of the China Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund has 19 equity investors, led by the Ministry of Finance and the country’s major state-owned banks.
The largest US semiconductor equipment maker is being probed by authorities for sending gear to SMIC via South Korea without Washington’s approval.
Nvidia’s H20 chip is being sold in some cases at more than a 10 per cent discount in China, compared to Huawei’s Ascend 910B, sources said.
SMIC accounted for 6 per cent of global chip foundry sales in the first quarter, behind industry leader TSMC’s 62 per cent share and Samsung’s 13 per cent share.
Seoul aims to help boost South Korea’s global market share in non-memory chips, such as mobile processors, to 10 per cent from the current 2 per cent.
Moonshot AI is in talks with investors for additional funding that will boost its valuation by US$500 million over its previous round in February.
Taiwanese chip manufacturer TSMC and Dutch machine supplier ASML have ways of disabling their equipment, sources told Bloomberg.
An analysis from TechInsights has found 33 China-sourced components in the standard Pura 70 handset, compared with five sourced from overseas.
Microsoft is asking employees to move to several designated locations, including those in the US and Australia, as AI becomes a flashpoint in the US-China tech war.
Kingland Systems is closing its first subsidiary outside the US and sacking its entire local workforce, sources say.
The bill would prevent federal agencies from contracting with five Chinese biotech companies – BGI Group, MGI, Complete Genomics, Wuxi AppTec, and Wuxi Biologics.
US President Joe Biden also gives his action a political edge, criticising Donald Trump, his predecessor and challenger for re-election, for failing to increase US exports and boost manufacturing.
The Shanghai-based company says its placement on a US list of firms accused of aiding China’s military has caused it to suffer reputational injury and lost business opportunities.
The US is expected to triple its domestic chip-making capacity by 2032 and dwarf China’s output in advanced integrated circuits, according to a report published by a semiconductor trade group.
The popular social media platform has started to invite merchants for a beta run of TikTok Shop in Mexico, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
Huawei’s latest high-end smartphone features more Chinese suppliers, including a new flash memory chip and an improved processor, a teardown analysis showed.
China’s strengthened push to use RISC-V, an open-source chip-design architecture, is facing new risks amid scrutiny by the US and Google’s move to stop supporting it on Android.