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Huawei’s AI chip prowess under scrutiny after Nvidia taps it as likely rival

3 Mar 2024 - 12:00PM

Baidu buys AI chips from Huawei, as US restricts Nvidia chip exports

7 Nov 2023 - 8:37PMvideocam

China’s YMTC makes world’s most advanced memory chip: TechInsights report

China’s leading memory chip producer, Yangtze Memory Technologies Co, has manufactured the ‘world’s most advanced’ 3D NAND memory chip, according to TechInsights.

27 Oct 2023 - 9:07AM

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YMTC has made surprise tech breakthrough with memory chip, says TechInsights. Photo: Shutterstock

Latest US sanctions strike strong blow to China’s GPU champions

Washington’s move signals a further blockade on China’s development of AI chips, according to analysts. To survive, Biren and Moore Threads will now have to double down on their efforts to seek self-sufficiency.

19 Oct 2023 - 12:33AM

China downplays reports of Taiwanese firms helping Huawei’s semiconductor ambitions

China’s Taiwan affairs office has accused Taipei of ‘obstructing’ cross-strait economic cooperation after the Democratic Progressive Party investigated firms helping Huawei.

11 Oct 2023 - 7:30PM

Tech war takes a new turn as Huawei pushes 5G smartphones with mystery chip

Huawei’s return to the 5G smartphone market and the controversy over its advanced, made-in-China processor reflect the lengths taken by the company to build up its operations, following years of struggles on account of US trade sanctions.

3 Oct 2023 - 2:26PM

Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei maintains that he is ‘an Apple fan’

Ren Zhengfei, who serves as Huawei’s chief executive, said he was against ‘xenophobia’ towards any foreign brand and sees Apple as a valuable teacher.

19 Sep 2023 - 8:33PMvideocam

Huawei executive calls for greater adoption of Chinese-made semiconductors

Greater adoption of home-developed chips, servers and personal computers would enable China to achieve hi-tech advances, according to Huawei deputy chairman Eric Xu.

20 Sep 2023 - 12:33PM

Huawei surprises again with low-key presales of new top-of-the-line Mate 60 Pro+

The new 5G smartphone model from Huawei is expected to heat up scrutiny on the company and suspected advanced chip supplier Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp.

8 Sep 2023 - 7:30PM

Huawei Technologies’ new top-of-the-line Mate 60 Pro+ 5G smartphone. Photo: Handout

SMIC under the spotlight for ‘breakthrough’ 5G chip in Huawei’s new smartphone

Speculation has ramped up over the role of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp, mainland China’s top contract chip maker, in producing an advanced 5G chip for Huawei amid US trade sanctions.

28 Sep 2023 - 6:34PM

Explainer | Where did Huawei get the advanced chips for its latest Mate 60 Pro smartphone?

Huawei Technologies has been tight-lipped about the origin of the advanced semiconductor that powers its new Mate 60 Pro flagship smartphone. Here are some possible explanations.

2 Sep 2023 - 10:30AM

Speculation swirls around Huawei’s advanced chip for its latest smartphone

A Chinese benchmarking website has identified the Mate 60 Pro’s central processing unit as the Kirin 9000s, which supports 5G and was developed by Huawei chip design arm HiSilicon.

31 Aug 2023 - 2:21PM

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Micron’s path from China business partner to alleged cybersecurity threat

This timeline highlights Micron Technology’s key developments since its entry into the China market over two decades ago, leading up to it being branded a national cybersecurity threat.

25 May 2023 - 1:55AMvideocam

A person walks out of a building where the facilities of US chip maker Micron are located in Shanghai, China, May 22, 2023. Photo: AFP

Smartphone giant Oppo’s closure of chip design unit Zeku triggers speculation

Oppo’s decision to close Zeku and dismiss nearly 3,000 engineers marked one of the largest semiconductor industry lay-offs in mainland China.

16 May 2023 - 2:44PMvideocam

Smartphone giant Oppo’s decision to disband chip design unit Zeku marks another blow to China’s semiconductor development ambitions. Photo: Shutterstock

Chinese smartphone brand Oppo shutters chip design unit amid sufficiency drive

Oppo, the fourth largest smartphone brand in the world, announced the move in a short statement on Friday after giving employees less than a day’s notice.

15 May 2023 - 9:43PM

Huawei sees revenue stagnate in first quarter as US sanctions continue to weigh

Huawei is still scrambling to adapt production of smartphones and telecoms equipment to ‘new normal’ of trade restrictions.

17 May 2023 - 7:16PM

Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou faces uphill battle in reversing flat revenue, plummeting profits

Huawei’s incoming rotating chairwoman Meng Wanzhou faces an uphill battle in finding new growth after the sanctions-hit company reported flat revenue growth and plummeting profits in 2022.

31 Mar 2023 - 8:09PM

Huawei Technologies Co chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou, centre, looks on after arriving for the firm's 2022 annual report press conference in Shenzhen on March 31, 2023. Photo: AFP

This Chinese chip firm is surviving US sanctions by focusing on mature tech

Analyst says Unisoc remains relatively unscathed by US sanctions to date due to its focus on less advanced chips, such as 5G and IoT chips.

5 Mar 2023 - 3:00PM

US tech war has taken its toll, and now China has nowhere to hide

In this edition of the Global Impact newsletter, we look at what 2023 has in store for US-China relations in the tech sphere.

31 Jan 2023 - 12:12PMvideocam

Huawei’s efforts to solve its chip supply problem remains a guessing game

Speculation continues to flare on Huawei’s chip-making capabilities ever since it filed a patent for advanced lithography in China late last year.

6 Jan 2023 - 1:01AMvideocam

Huawei runs out of advanced in-house-designed chips for smartphones: report

The Chinese tech giant’s inventory of smartphone chips designed by semiconductor unit HiSilicon reached zero in the third quarter.

21 Dec 2022 - 9:37PM

Huawei Technologies Co has struggled to get new in-house-designed smartphone chips made by major semiconductor foundries because of tightened US trade sanctions. Photo: Shutterstock

China’s semiconductor industry on edge as US sanctions slow growth and demand

China’s semiconductor industry was once galvanised into action by US sanctions, but tighter restrictions on top of an industry downturn could push some chip-related firms into bankruptcy.

12 Nov 2022 - 3:21PMvideocam

China’s leader in smartphone 5G chips sees silver lining in weak consumer market

Unisoc, China’s top supplier of mobile phone processors, sees a bright future for its 5G chips despite weakening consumer demand for smartphones due to inflation and other factors.

2 Nov 2022 - 5:00PM

China’s chip hopes face reckoning as US launches all-out siege

Unlike previous US sanctions targeting specific Chinese companies like Huawei or high end chips like AI GPUs, Biden’s updated export controls have seemingly left no stone unturned.

9 Nov 2022 - 4:54PMvideocam

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Washington’s push to curb progress in China’s semiconductor industry could be dire for many chip firms in the country. Illustration: Henry Wong

Meet the Harvard Law School graduate helping China cut its reliance on US AI chips

Law graduate Zhang Wen may not be a tech geek, but as chairman of Biren Technology, he is at the forefront of China’s efforts to develop the GPU chips needed for AI and smart cars.

1 Oct 2022 - 8:00AMvideocam

Biren Technology chairman Michael Zhang Wen graduated from Harvard Law School. Photo: Handout

Tencent-backed chip start-up eyes growth from China’s cloud computing market

Jaguar Microsystems expects to record annual revenue of more than US$1 billion in three years, as it meets demand for data processing units on servers used in data centres in China.

13 Sep 2022 - 8:20AM