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Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Nato made “groundless accusations” against China that it will never accept. Photo: AFP

China lashes out at Nato’s ‘groundless accusations’ over Russia

Foreign minister urges security alliance not to ‘incite confrontation’ after Beijing labelled ‘decisive enabler’ of Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Foreign minister urges security alliance not to ‘incite confrontation’ after Beijing labelled ‘decisive enabler’ of Russia’s war in Ukraine

12 Jul 2024 - 5:31PMvideocam

Exclusive | Chinese chip design software star slashes workforce amid market headwinds

11 Jul 2024 - 9:00AM

ByteDance, Alibaba, SenseTime top China’s generative AI infrastructure services market

10 Jul 2024 - 6:00PM

Nvidia chip supplier TSMC’s sales surge past expectations on AI infrastructure demand

TSMC’s latest quarterly sales figure comes days after the company briefly reached a US$1-trillion market capitalisation on a tide of investment into AI-related data centres and devices.

10 Jul 2024 - 2:56PM

Chip maker TSMC and other AI-related stocks in Taiwan have helped lift the benchmark Taiex Index by more than 40 per cent over the past 12 months. Photo: Shutterstock

Nvidia casts long shadow in China’s chip market as local firms push alternatives

Firms such as Huawei and Moore Threads were invoking Nvidia’s name at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference, but Chinese hardware still lags behind.

10 Jul 2024 - 9:00AM

AI boom reshapes Wall Street as TSMC joins trillion-dollar club

The entry of Taiwanese chip giant TSMC into the elite club of the world’s most valuable companies is further proof that the generative AI revolution is shaking up Wall Street.

9 Jul 2024 - 10:58AM

Opinion | Why China is pushing so hard for international cooperation on AI

At a recent conference in Shanghai, participants underscored why AI development must be inclusive and not succumb to deglobalisation pressures.

9 Jul 2024 - 8:25AM

Visitors attend the 2024 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on July 4. Conference attendees from around the world exchanged views on different aspects of AI development. Photo: Xinhua

Huawei cloud executive plays down the need for advanced chips in AI development

A Huawei executive said that its development of artificial intelligence technology does not solely depend on access to advanced semiconductors.

5 Jul 2024 - 10:00PM

Samsung’s profit jumps as AI drives recovery in memory chips

The results underscore how the US$160 billion memory market is bouncing back this year, buoyed by a boom in data centres and AI development.

5 Jul 2024 - 11:00AM

Talent, infrastructure help China in AI race with US, experts say

China’s innovative work force and speedy infrastructure development are key strengths, experts told a forum.

4 Jul 2024 - 9:00PM

Henry He (centre), executive director and chief financial officer at Kingsoft Cloud, and Maryann Tseng (right), senior managing director of strategic investment at SenseTime, speak in a panel at the China Conference on Thursday. Photo: May Tse

Chip and AI firms attract big money as China drums up support

Ninety per cent of global venture capital investments in the chip sector last year came from China, according to Preqin research.

4 Jul 2024 - 8:00PM

China leads the world in chip-related venture capital investments last year, according to Preqin. Photo: Reuters

China kicks off largest AI conference in Shanghai amid tech rivalry with US

The World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai will feature innovations that could help China narrow the gap with the United States in the technology’s development.

3 Jul 2024 - 7:30PM

US revoked 8 licences for exporting goods to Huawei in 2024

The Biden administration is taking to new measures to thwart Huawei, which has started to rebound despite US sanctions.

3 Jul 2024 - 10:26AM

China to establish at least 50 sets of AI standards by 2026

With standards in place, AI is expected to ‘profoundly change industrial production and economic-development patterns’ in the country, according to the draft policy.

2 Jul 2024 - 9:30PM

Beyond domestic regulation, China will also take part in establishing international artificial intelligence standards. Photo: Shutterstock

US to fight labour shortage with new Chips Act worker programme

The Biden administration is kicking off a programme to cultivate the US computer-chip workforce, aiming to stave off a labour shortage that threatens to undermine domestic semiconductor production.

2 Jul 2024 - 11:55AM

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger holds a silicon wafer during his keynote speech at Computex in Taipei on June 4, 2024. Photo: AFP

Nvidia set to face antitrust charges in France, sources say

The French watchdog cited risk of abuse by chip providers in a recent report on competition in generative AI.

2 Jul 2024 - 9:54AM

Opinion | US warnings against China’s tech dominance smack of thief crying ‘thief’

Washington’s accusations are clearly driven more by its fear of the US losing its tech hegemony than by China overtaking it.

2 Jul 2024 - 10:07AMvideocam

Huawei, semiconductor firm Wuhan Xinxin to develop high-bandwidth memory chips

Huawei’s high-bandwidth memory initiative reflects the growing global market for these chips, which are indispensable components in the computing infrastructure used for artificial intelligence projects.

2 Jul 2024 - 1:57PM

Once-hot Chinese chip firm to delist from Shenzhen after financial fraud inquiry

Beijing Zuojiang Technology, which once touted its potential to rival Nvidia, will be delisted later this month from the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

1 Jul 2024 - 10:59AM

Opinion | The AI revolution: we’re either in it together or we’re in for it

We all need to adopt AI tools to achieve more with less but this change needs to be engineered with leadership, courage and passion.

28 Jun 2024 - 8:30PMvideocam

Hong Kong science park’s tie-ups to bring advanced manufacturing to city

The partnerships with 11 firms in sectors ranging from AI to new energy vehicles will help the city’s efforts to become an innovation and technology hub, minister says.

28 Jun 2024 - 7:33PM

Sun Dong (last row middle), Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, attends an advanced manufacturing strategic partnership signing ceremony organised by the HKSTP on Friday. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

Chinese AI firm iFlyTek says its LLMs are trained completely on Huawei platform

At the unveiling of its latest Xinghuo 4 model, iFlyTek chairman Liu Qingfeng said the company is determined to train LLMs on ‘self-developed, controllable’ infrastructure.

27 Jun 2024 - 9:00PM

iFlyTek is one of China’s leading artificial intelligence firms specialising in speech recognition. Photo: Shutterstock

Micron stock drops after forecast falls short of lofty AI spending expectations

Micron sells high-bandwidth memory chips that work with processors from Nvidia Corp to crunch data for artificial intelligence projects.

27 Jun 2024 - 10:17PM

Semiconductor start-up Woodson goes belly up, dashing China’s chip ambitions

Woodson was once an emerging star in China’s semiconductor industry.

26 Jun 2024 - 9:52PMvideocam

China not ready for booming high-bandwidth memory chip market, BofA analyst says

High-bandwidth memory chips are an indispensable component for artificial intelligence development projects.

24 Jun 2024 - 10:00PM

High-bandwidth memory chips are typically bundled with artificial intelligence processors. Photo: Shutterstock

Chinese memory chip maker YMTC takes overseas website publisher to court for libel

Chinese chip maker YMTC has filed a lawsuit against a Danish consulting firm and its senior executive, citing the publication of ‘outlandish and demonstrably false statements’

24 Jun 2024 - 9:00PM

The Yangtze Memory Technologies Corp headquarters in Wuhan. Photo: Weibo

‘World’ AI expo in China attracts few foreign firms amid widening global rift

The four-day event was made up mostly of Chinese companies showing off electric cars and robots, as foreign firms continue to sit out Chinese industry events.

24 Jun 2024 - 2:59PM

Nvidia to launch in Mideast amid US curbs on AI exports, fears China dodging ban

The deal marks Nvidia’s first large-scale regional launch to an area the US curbed the export of US chips to stop Chinese firms from using as a back door to access the newest AI technology.

23 Jun 2024 - 9:14PM

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Semiconductors

Semiconductors are the cornerstone technology of the information age. These tiny electronic devices, usually smaller than a postage stamp, power the modern economy by acting as data-processing brains for products, from smartphones to cars and spacecraft.