Akash Sriram

    US delays announcement of China chip tariffs until 2027

    USTR says will impose new tariffs on Chinese chips in June 2027 Biden launched ‘Section 301’ probe into Chinese legacy chips a year ago Trump administration delay of chips tariffs aims to preserve China trade truce Dec 23 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday said it will slap tariffs on Chinese semiconductor imports…

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    Professor Timothy W. Tong, Chairman of the Research Grants Council, speaks at the opening of the RGC Research Summit marking the Council’s 35th anniversary.

      AI finds its real-world footing at Hong Kong’s RGC Research Summit

      [The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Hong Kong’s first Research Grants Council (RGC) Research Summit, held at Hong Kong Science Park on December 11, arrived at a watershed moment when technological breakthroughs such as AI are no longer simply scientific discoveries within ivory towers but are directly impacting our…

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      Professor Timothy W. Tong, Chairman of the Research Grants Council, speaks at the opening of the RGC Research Summit marking the Council’s 35th anniversary.

        AI finds its real-world footing at Hong Kong’s RGC Research Summit

        [The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Hong Kong’s first Research Grants Council (RGC) Research Summit, held at Hong Kong Science Park on December 11, arrived at a watershed moment when technological breakthroughs such as AI are no longer simply scientific discoveries within ivory towers but are directly impacting our…

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        FORMS Syntron delivers digital platforms and compliance-focused fintech solutions for financial institutions.

          Cyberport enterprises scale from infrastructure to impact

          FINNOSafe is a compliance-led Web3 technology platform for digital asset issuance, custody and settlement. It enables financial institutions to bridge traditional and decentralised finance by using distributed ledger technology.  FINNOSafe supports cross-border payment settlement and asset tokenisation. It has already been used in the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s Project Ensemble. FINNOSmart is a GenAI platform…

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          Zhang Jianzhong, founder and CEO of Moore Threads, pictured in November 2023. Photo: Handout

            Moore Threads unveils new AI chips to challenge Nvidia

            Chinese chip designer Moore Threads Technology has unveiled a suite of new products, including its next generation of chip architecture and artificial intelligence chips as it looks to challenge US chip-making heavyweights Nvidia and AMD. The Beijing-based firm, hailed as China’s “little Nvidia”, introduced two forthcoming chips Huashan and Lushan, named after two famous Chinese…

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