China's Chip Challenge: The Race To Match US Tech

China’s Chip Challenge: The Race To Match US Tech

China’s push to develop top-end artificial intelligence microchips is gaining momentum, but analysts say it will struggle to match the technical might of US powerhouse Nvidia within the current decade. The Barron’s news department was not involved in the creation of the content above. This article was produced by AFP. For more information go to…

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Home-grown heroes: how Huawei and DeepSeek are helping China break reliance on US chips

Home-grown heroes: how Huawei and DeepSeek are helping China break reliance on US chips

When Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek unveiled an updated foundational model late in August, investors in Nvidia were stunned. Shares of the US chip giant slid, as market watchers grappled with news that the two-year-old start-up, which has developed models rivalling the world’s best, was shifting towards supporting domestically produced chips. Adding to their concerns,…

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Nvidia shares drop, China tech surges as Beijing tries to push homegrown AI chips

Nvidia shares drop, China tech surges as Beijing tries to push homegrown AI chips

The world’s most valuable company may now be facing another China headache, just days after Beijing deemed the chipmaker to have violated the country’s antitrust legislation. China’s top internet regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China, has asked the country’s leading tech firms, like Bytedance and Baidu, to stop testing Nvidia’s RTX Pro 6000D, reports the…

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US tech clampdown widens to 32 firms across Asia and Middle East

The United States on Friday penalized two Chinese firms that acquired US chipmaking equipment for China’s top chipmaker SMIC, including them among 32 entities that were added to the Commerce Department’s restricted trade list, according to a US government posting. Twenty-three of the 32 were in China. GMC Semiconductor Technology (Wuxi) Co and Jicun Semiconductor Technology were placed on the list, formally known as…

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