Huawei and Xiaomi Dual Launches: China’s Next-Gen Foldables and EV Tech Hit the Market Together
Huawei held its autumn product launch, unveiling HarmonyOS 7, the triple-fold Mate XT 2, and other devices.
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China’s Lithography Tech Is 15 Years Behind Western Equipment Suppliers
Frank Rohmund, head of Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology at Zeiss, estimates China is 15 years behind in chip manufacturing, specifically in…
China’s Advanced Packaging Push: How Naura and AMEC Bypass U.S. Front-End Sanctions
Major Chinese semiconductor equipment companies, including Naura, AMEC, and HuaHai Qingke, are expanding their localization efforts from front-end to advanced…
China’s AI Inference Stack Bottleneck: How Software Dependency Packages Degrade Local Models
Chinese researchers have identified that minute differences in the inference software stack, including floating-point precision, accumulation order, and hardware instruction…
U.S. Cloud Export Controls: Closing the Remote AI Chip Loophole for Chinese Tech
The US Department of Commerce is planning new regulations to prevent Chinese companies from circumventing AI chip export controls by…
CXMT Reaches 77.6B Yuan H1 Profit as AI Demand Rebounds China’s DRAM Leader
Changxin Memory Technology (CXMT), a leading Chinese semiconductor memory producer, announced a net profit of 77.6 billion yuan ($1.8 trillion)…
YMTC Prepares a Shanghai IPO to Fund Its High-Value AI Enterprise SSD Pivot
YMTC, China's largest NAND flash manufacturer and the third-largest global supplier by shipments, is preparing for an IPO on the…
Zhongcheng Hualong’s 10K-Card Supernode: How China Scales AI Inference Without Advanced U.S. Chips
Zhongcheng Hualong (中诚华隆) has officially launched its new HL200 AI inference chip and a 'supernode' intelligent computing cluster solution in…
Unitree’s 18,000-Unit Milestone: How China’s Scaling Hits Western Humanoid Robotics Vendors
Chinese robotics pioneer Unitree has made a spectacular debut on Shanghai's STAR Market, with its valuation soaring to RMB 445…
Alibaba’s 75% Capex Surge: Driving High-Performance Edge AI Despite Profit Drops
Alibaba has dramatically increased its capital expenditure by 75% to build out AI infrastructure despite a 76% drop in quarterly…
Baidu Domestic AI Stack: Kunlun Chips and Ernie LLMs Cut Western Silicon Exposure
Baidu has reached a critical inflection point in its corporate transformation, with AI-driven products and services now accounting for 50%…
Unitree’s Shanghai IPO: What China’s First Listed Humanoid Maker Means for Boston Dynamics
Chinese robotics firm Unitree made a historic debut on Shanghai's STAR Market, raising RMB 6.099 billion ($910 million) as its…
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