The US government is said to be considering allowing Nvidia to sell its H200 AI chips to China. Photo: Shutterstock Images

    China’s Nvidia challengers set for bumper IPOs amid tech self-sufficiency drive

    China’s Nvidia challengers Moore Threads and MetaX are set for their hotly anticipated market debuts, driven by investor excitement over domestic demand for home-grown graphics processing units (GPUs) amid Beijing’s tech self-sufficiency drive. Moore Threads opened a subscription lottery last week at 114.28 yuan per share, the highest pricing among A-share listings this year, and…

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    Tech war: which Chinese firm is supplying next-generation AI chips to DeepSeek?

    Tech war: which Chinese firm is supplying next-generation AI chips to DeepSeek?

    The Hangzhou-based start-up’s cryptic one-line post on WeChat triggered online discussions about which AI chip supplier, or suppliers, would unveil this breakthrough, even as US tech restrictions remain in place. DeepSeek’s post on Thursday said the “UE8M0 FP8 scale” of its V3.1 AI model was particularly designed “for home-grown chips to be released soon”. Apart…

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