SK Group backs US$140 million fund to bring South Korean chip firms to China
SK Group is putting its money into a new fund designed to help South Korean chip firms set up shop in China, even as the US ratchets up pressure on …
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Tech war: Shanghai injects US$1 billion to chip fund as China strives for self-reliance
The Shanghai Semiconductor Industry Investment Fund (SSIIF), run by the municipal government to support the local chip industry, has doubled its size to around US$2 billion after a new funding …
Nvidia preparing a version of new Blackwell AI chip for China market, sources say
The sources declined to be identified as Nvidia has yet to make a public announcement. A spokesman for Nvidia declined to comment. Inspur did not respond to requests for comment. …
Huawei’s Ren Zhengfei seen with disgraced pianist Li Yundi, sparking speculation on Chinese social media
Ren, 79, accompanied Li on a tour of the European-themed campus – the Shenzhen-based company’s research and development base – according to photos and videos circulating on various Chinese social …
Malaysia welcomes US firms, not sanctions, amid chips push. ‘We have an edge’: Anwar
Anwar called the United States an important investment partner and export destination for chips made in Malaysia, but stressed that his administration could not legitimise unilateral sanctions that would compromise …
Exclusive | As China ties deepen, Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim says geopolitics is no zero-sum game
“But otherwise, we will not succumb to that sort of pressure. It is no longer neocolonialism or colonial rule. We are an independent nation.” 27:37 Anwar Ibrahim on navigating Malaysia …
Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei makes rare appearance at Sichuan University in search for talent
Chinese telecoms equipment giant Huawei Technologies is planning to work closely with domestic universities to boost basic research and draw in fresh talent, founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei said during …
Huawei says its AI chip better than Nvidia’s A100 amid China’s self-reliance drive
His comments come as Huawei assumes an increasingly important role in China’s self-sufficiency drive, as Nvidia is unable to ship to the country its advanced GPUs under strict US export …
US-sanctioned ex-officer among Iranian candidates to replace Ebrahim Raisi as president
US-sanctioned former Revolutionary Guards commander Vahid Haghanian was among candidates who registered on Saturday to run for election as Iran’s president after Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash, state …
Huawei overtakes Samsung as world’s top 5G foldable smartphone vendor in first quarter, Counterpoint data shows
Huawei Technologies beat Samsung Electronics to become the world’s bestselling foldable smartphone brand in the first quarter, marking the first time that the US-sanctioned Chinese giant has topped that segment, …