Taiwanese chipmaking giant TSMC reported Thursday a forecast-beating 60% rise in net profit for the second quarter on sustained demand for artificial intelligence technology. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is the world’s largest contract maker of chips and counts Nvidia and Apple among its clients. The firm said its net profit for the three months to…
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…
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…
European chip equipment giant ASML has launched a project designed to discover and foster key engineering talent in China, in the latest show of its commitment to the market despite intensified US restrictions on advanced chipmaking technologies. The Dutch lithography system maker has launched a science competition aimed at deepening public understanding of lithography –…
That would represent as much as a 48 per cent overall growth this year for China’s AI capex from 2024, BofA Securities’ co-head of China equity research Matty Zhao, who also heads Asia-Pacific basic materials, oil and gas research at BofA Global Research, said in an interview on Monday. Government investment is expected to account…
A senior US State Department official has accused Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek of supporting China’s military and intelligence operations, a report has said, adding that the official also said that the company also used shell companies in Southeast Asia in an attempt to unlawfully acquire high-end US semiconductors.The allegations, shared with news agency Reuters…
China is recalibrating its tech policy, elevating private enterprise to counter US export controls and drive innovation. On June 10, 2025, as US and Chinese trade negotiators met in London for another round of tense talks, a different kind of negotiation was playing out on the front page of China’s People’s Daily. There, in a…
Washington’s roughly one-month tariff exemption on electronic devices, including smartphones, computers and semiconductors, has done little to ease concerns among Hong Kong’s re-exporters, as ongoing uncertainty hampers their planning. Industry leaders highlighted the urgency of tapping into emerging markets to navigate the tariffs and urged the government to provide more support to small and medium-sized…
As the Trump administration attempts to choke off exports of strategically important computer chips to China, experts say the effort might well backfire, fueling innovation at Chinese firms that could help them seize the world semiconductor market. “What’s actually happening is that the US government right now is handing China a big win as it…
Washington’s roughly one-month tariff exemption on electronic devices, including smartphones, computers and semiconductors, has done little to ease concerns among Hong Kong’s re-exporters, as ongoing uncertainty hampers their planning. Industry leaders highlighted the urgency of tapping into emerging markets to navigate the tariffs and urged the government to provide more support to small and medium-sized…