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Wednesday 17 July 2024
Huawei reveals operational hardship from US sanctions, expresses confidence in recovery
The US government blacklisting of Huawei crippled its smartphone business.
Wednesday 17 July 2024
Nvidia plans new China-specific AI and gaming GPUs
Nvidia continues to introduce downgraded versions of its AI and gaming GPUs for the Chinese market, which remains important to the US chip vendor, according to industry sources. New...
Tuesday 16 July 2024
Granted one more chance by SoftBank, focus is now on Graphcore's future operational strategy
With the current boom of generative AI, British AI chip unicorn Graphcore should've enjoyed the dividends from AI. Instead, it found itself struggling.
Tuesday 16 July 2024
SK Hynix reportedly partners with Amkor in supplying interposers
Amid the competition among SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics regarding HBMs, SK Hynix reportedly plans to team with Amkor to enter the interposer market to alleviate the interposer...
Tuesday 16 July 2024
Transsion rises as China's second-largest smartphone supplier globally in 1Q24
Chinese smartphone vendor Transsion quietly emerged as China's second-largest supplier by global handset shipments, just behind Xiaomi, in the first quarter of 2024.
Tuesday 16 July 2024
TEL unveils open-source GenAI SSA at Semicon West 2024
Semicon West 2024 was held on July 9-11 in San Francisco, and Tokyo Electron Limited (TEL), the Japanese semiconductor equipment supplier, unveiled the world's first open-source generative...
Tuesday 16 July 2024
Qualcomm-Transsion lawsuit has ramifications in mobile AP industry
Qualcomm has filed a lawsuit against Transsion, an emerging China-based smartphone giant, in India, alleging unauthorized use of Qualcomm's patented technologies. This legal action...
Tuesday 16 July 2024
Huawei completes construction of largest R&D hub in Shanghai, set to house 35,000 engineers
Huawei Technologies has completed the construction of its largest research and development (R&D) center, the Huawei Lianqiu Lake R&D Center, in Shanghai's Qingpu District.
Tuesday 16 July 2024
Microsoft and Apple drop OpenAI board seats amid AI safety and monopoly concerns
Microsoft has announced its decision to forgo its observer seat on OpenAI's board, with Apple reportedly following suit. Despite these moves, concerns about market monopolization...
Tuesday 16 July 2024
South Korea pioneers 100-inch transparent nano-tech screen for competitive price
South Korea's Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) Nano-Lithography Research Center, in collaboration with research-oriented company Meta2People, has successfully developed...
Tuesday 16 July 2024
China's self-sufficiency for automotive ICs still below 10%
Despite having the biggest car market in the world and the largest capacity for making Electric Vehicles (EV), China's automotive semiconductor self-sufficiency rate remains below...
Tuesday 16 July 2024
China's uphill battle for IC self-sufficiency amid fast-paced tech landscape
While China has made progress in some mature processes, it still has a long way to go before reaching IC self-sufficiency, according to industry sources.
Monday 15 July 2024
Interoperability with the US? Overhaul awaits Taiwan's defense industry
Observing the Chinese military's rapid pace of modernization and the war in Ukraine, where drones and satellites have shown their tactical values, Taiwan is gradually waking up to...
Monday 15 July 2024
Starlink innovates and forges partnerships, aims to dominate satellite internet market

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Monday 15 July 2024
Sovereign AI global race: can Tsinghua Unigroup secure China's supremacy?
Ever since Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang championed the "Sovereign AI" strategy at the 2024 World Government Summit, global governments have been in a rush to establish their own AI infrastructure...