China has clarified the place of origin for integrated circuits (ICs) amid an escalating US-China tariff war, which is expected to give local semiconductor foundries a significant boost, potentially undermining US President Donald Trump’s plan to bring manufacturing back to America. The state-backed China Semiconductor Industry Association (CSIA) informed its members on Friday, citing customs…
By Che Pan and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) – China can use domstically developed tools to make advanced semiconductors, countering U.S. curbs on Beijing’s access to high-end chipmaking technology, an executive at a major Chinese supplier said on Thursday. Du Lijun, president of chip equipment maker Shenzhen SiCarrier Industry Machines, said China faces export controls…
When Bonnie Chan Yiting was in Davos six weeks ago for the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual confab, the Swiss ski resort was abuzz with a groundbreaking app that a little-known artificial intelligence (AI) start-up had released half a world away in China. Hangzhou-based DeepSeek rolled out its namesake app on January 20, providing its…
A Huawei Mate 70 series smartphone displayed at a Huawei store on December 1, 2024 in Beijing, China.Photo: VCG (Getty Images) In This Story Despite its comeback to compete with Apple in the Chinese smartphone market, Huawei’s latest smartphone shows it is still years behind, researchers found. Emerging markets will be the ‘dark horse’ of…
Mainland China’s chip design firms are anxiously waiting for any further updates from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), after the world’s most advanced contract chip manufacturer paused 7-nanometre node services for some artificial intelligence (AI) chip clients in the world’s largest semiconductor market by consumption. TSMC last week told graphics-processing-unit (GPU) and AI-accelerator clients on…