Oppo expects to roll out generative artificial intelligence functions to its 50 million smartphone users by the end of this year. Photo: Shutterstock

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BYD vehicles waiting to be loaded on to a ship for exports at the international container terminal of Taicang Port in Suzhou, in eastern China’s Jiangsu province on February 8, 2024. Photo: AFP

China EVs

BYD tops Tesla for the first time in quarterly sales as EV demand soars

BYD’s third-quarter sales jumped 24 per cent to 201.12 billion yuan (US$28.2 billion), beating Tesla’s US$25.18 billion revenue in the same period.

31 Oct 2024 - 12:57PM

Shanghai to back local biopharma firms’ overseas push, regulatory compliance

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Tech War

Huawei’s Ren Zhengfei: US tech is great, but we have to build our own

The 80-year-old CEO talks about Huawei’s struggles and his admiration for US technology in a conversation with students.

31 Oct 2024 - 10:47PM

Tech Trends

Chinese smartphone brands beat Apple to the AI punch at home

With no word on when Apple Intelligence will arrive in China, domestic players from Xiaomi to Honor are touting their own AI features.

31 Oct 2024 - 9:00PM

Big Tech

Microsoft’s quarterly sales up 16% as investors ask if AI spending worth it

AI-related products are now on track to contribute about US$10 billion to the company’s annual revenue.

31 Oct 2024 - 12:11PM

Global Economy

China on high alert to EU’s ‘divide and conquer’ tactics as EV talks continue

China and the European Union are set to continue talks next month over tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles.

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Cars on a transport train parked at ICO International Car Operators inlet terminals at a port in Zeebrugge, Belgium. Photo: EPA-EFE

Tech Trends

Chinese AI unicorn MiniMax scores big in US with Talkie chatbot app

Talkie, part of the fast-growing ‘companion AI’ market segment, was the fourth most-downloaded AI app in the US in the first half of 2024.

31 Oct 2024 - 8:00AM

Tech Trends

Chinese data centre firm GDS raises US$1 billion for overseas expansion

That funding will help capitalise the development of up to 1 gigawatt of total data centre capacity outside China, according to GDS.

30 Oct 2024 - 5:00PM

Big Tech

Intel invests US$300 million in China chip packaging and testing plant

The US chip giant aims to expand an existing chip packaging and testing facility in China, its largest market.

28 Oct 2024 - 7:00PM

Intel is investing US$300 million in a plant in Chengdu, China. Photo: Shutterstock

Big Tech

Samsung’s third quarter operating profits soar to US$6.6 bn but misses forecast

Although operating profit nearly tripled compared to a year ago, it was down 12 per cent compared to the previous quarter.

31 Oct 2024 - 11:08AM

The logo of Samsung Electronics is seen at its booth during the Semiconductor Exhibition 2024 in Seoul, South Korea, October 23, 2024. Photo: Reuters

Tech Trends

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

Big Tech

Chinese nuclear company claims breakthrough with radiation detection chip

CNNC said the proposed applications were ‘broad’, as customers can use the chip to monitor radiation doses in various scenarios.

28 Oct 2024 - 5:04PM

Tech Trends

AMD raises AI chip sales forecast to US$5 billion for 2025

Revenue in AMD’s data centre business, which includes AI chips, surged 122 per cent to US$3.5 billion in the fourth quarter.

30 Oct 2024 - 12:40PM

Big Tech

OpenAI, Broadcom working to develop AI inference chip

OpenAI is less focused on GPUs, chips that are used to train and build generative AI models – a market that has been cornered by Nvidia.

30 Oct 2024 - 11:39AM

A smartphone with a displayed Broadcom logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken March 6, 2023. Photo: Reuters

Business

Hong Kong start-ups eye Middle East capital under new accord with venture fund

Start-ups with expertise in artificial intelligence, biotech and green energy can contribute to Saudi Arabia’s economic diversification agenda.

29 Oct 2024 - 9:57PM

Politics

US to ban outbound investments in China’s chips, AI for national security

From January 2, engagement involving ‘defined set of technologies and products’ is prohibited to guard against fuelling PLA’s modernisation.

29 Oct 2024 - 3:23PMvideocam

China Business

Wuxi AppTec’s upbeat business update boosts stock despite US bill

A presentation persuaded investors that risk of a potential US blacklisting is low while growth in some business areas is ‘unprecedented’.

29 Sep 2024 - 4:15PM

Shares in Chinese drug research and development group Wuxi AppTec closed up 23.9 per cent on Friday, the most since its listing in 2018. Photo: Reuters

Big Tech

China Telecom say AI model with 1 trillion parameters trained with Chinese chips

The state-owned telecoms operator did not reveal what chips it used for its 1 trillion-parameter model, but it has a partnership with Huawei.

30 Sep 2024 - 10:24PM

Tech War

Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou back at the helm of firm ahead of next smartphone launch

In her latest tenure as rotating chairwoman, Meng is expected to oversee the launch of Huawei’s next flagship 5G smartphone series, the Mate 70.

1 Oct 2024 - 8:00PMvideocam

China Business

5 Chinese EV makers set monthly sales records as discounts draw buyers

BYD, Li Auto, Xpeng, Zeekr and Leapmotor posted new monthly delivery records in September as new models and promotions proved enticing.

2 Oct 2024 - 9:26AM

Employees work on an EV production line at a Leapmotor factory in Jinhua, in China’s eastern Zhejiang province, on September 18, 2024. Photo: AFP