China has released a new action plan to bolster its electronics manufacturing sector that stresses the need for resilient, self-sufficient supply chains, as the country confronts rising US export curbs on advanced chip technology. “The electronics manufacturing industry is a strategic, foundational and leading sector of the national economy, crucial to stabilising industrial growth and…
Published on 03/09/2025 – 12:46 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT Washington has revoked Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s (TSMC’s) authorisation to freely ship essential equipment from the US to China. The removal of the “validated end user” status, effective on 31 December, follows the Trump administration’s recent decision to restrict shipments from Samsung and SK Hynix to China. The…
China’s tech industry has hailed Beijing’s latest strategy to widely apply artificial intelligence to economic and social enterprises amid hopes the move could boost market prospects for local suppliers of chips, servers and AI solutions. Beijing’s decision to implement AI in research, industry and consumption has further boosted confidence in the sector, particularly in computing…
Nvidia (NVDA) will close out Big Tech’s earnings season when it reports its second quarter results after the bell on Wednesday. The report comes after a flurry of moves between the company and the Trump administration, which saw Trump revoke his prior ban on the sale of Nvidia’s chips to China but will now require…
China’s Xiluodu Dam, among the world’s largest hydropower plants, has reportedly switched entirely from foreign control chips to domestically developed technology. The transition addresses national security and supply chain concerns, according to Loongson Technology, a leading Chinese chip supplier. The dam, on the Jinsha River at the Yunnan-Sichuan border, previously used programmable logic controllers, or…
The sales resumption of Nvidia’s H20 processors and Advanced Micro Devices’ (AMD) MI308 chips in China is expected to ease the anxiety of local artificial intelligence companies, according to analysts. Speaking at the China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing on Wednesday, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he hoped to introduce more advanced chips to…
Nvidia says it expects U.S. government approval to export advanced artificial intelligence (AI) chips to the Chinese market. The green light would be a breakthrough for the chipmaker after months of navigating controls on semiconductor technology aimed at slowing China’s progress on AI technologies with military applications. Newsweek reached out to the White House via…
In southeastern Beijing, engineers at Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp., China’s top chipmaker, are working around the clock to expand the output of 14-nanometer and even 7-nm chips, just a few generations behind the world’s leading chipmakers. Being able to make such advanced chips at all is a major breakthrough for a company that has been…
Wuhan University has become the latest institution to join China’s push for self-reliance in semiconductors by establishing the School of Integrated Circuits, led by a scientist educated at Stanford University. Liu Sheng, a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences who earned a doctorate in mechanical engineering from Stanford in 1992, has been appointed as…