China’s chip leaders bank on AI, EVs, RISC-V as industry’s future growth engines

China’s chip leaders bank on AI, EVs, RISC-V as industry’s future growth engines

The use of chips for artificial intelligence and electric vehicles (EVs) will offer strong demand underpinning the development of mainland China’s semiconductor industry, according to veterans of the sector at an annual gathering in Shanghai. At the 2025 Global Semiconductor Market Summit, chip executives discussed the industry’s future amid US-China tech rivalry and surging demand…

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Scientists capture first real-time view of electrolyte in lithium-sulfur batteries

China’s 3rd-largest dam ditches foreign control chips for local tech

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…

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Shanghai conference sets stage for US-China face-off in heated race for AI supremacy

Shanghai conference sets stage for US-China face-off in heated race for AI supremacy

Shanghai will host its eighth annual flagship artificial intelligence (AI) conference this weekend as China ramps up competition against the US for supremacy in the fast-developing technology. The three-day World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), with the theme of “Global Solidarity in the AI Era”, will kick off on Saturday with an opening keynote from Premier…

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