A BYD Yangwang U9 electric vehicle is pictured in Shenzhen on January 16, 2024. Photo: Bloomberg
Electric & new energy vehicles

Nvidia expands ties with Chinese EV makers as auto AI race heats up

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BYD, Xpeng and GAC Aion’s Hyper brand announced expanded collaborations with Nvidia on Monday.

A BYD Yangwang U9 electric vehicle is pictured in Shenzhen on January 16, 2024. Photo: Bloomberg

Nvidia expands ties with Chinese EV makers as auto AI race heats up

BYD, Xpeng and GAC Aion’s Hyper brand announced expanded collaborations with Nvidia on Monday.

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Nvidia unveils new AI ‘superchip’ line-up Blackwell, succeeding dominant H100

The new Blackwell chips are made up of 208 billion transistors and will be able to link with other chips, making them much faster at handling AI models.

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South Korea’s Nvidia wannabe to mass produce AI chips with Samsung

Rebellions, a fabless AI chip company co-founded by five South Korean engineers, is viewed as the country’s best hope to rival Nvidia in AI inference.

19 Mar 2024 - 9:00AM
CEO Jensen Huang speaks during the keynote address of Nvidia GTC in San Jose, California, on March 18, 2024. Photo: AP

Nvidia unveils new AI ‘superchip’ line-up Blackwell, succeeding dominant H100

The new Blackwell chips are made up of 208 billion transistors and will be able to link with other chips, making them much faster at handling AI models.

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Semiconductors

South Korea’s Nvidia wannabe to mass produce AI chips with Samsung

Rebellions, a fabless AI chip company co-founded by five South Korean engineers, is viewed as the country’s best hope to rival Nvidia in AI inference.

Rebellions, a fabless AI chip company co-founded by five South Korean engineers, is viewed as the country’s best hope to rival Nvidia in AI inference.

19 Mar 2024 - 9:00AM
Huawei

Huawei injects fresh capital into investment subsidiary as growth resumes

The capital infusion could be a harbinger for Huawei’s increased pace of new investments this year, as the Chinese tech giant’s sales rose in 2023.

The capital infusion could be a harbinger for Huawei’s increased pace of new investments this year, as the Chinese tech giant’s sales rose in 2023.

18 Mar 2024 - 9:30PM

Damo Academy plans to launch latest RISC-V chip this year as chip demand grows

Damo Academy has showcased the next iteration of its RISC-V processor as demand for high-end semiconductors continues to grow in China.

18 Mar 2024 - 7:30PM
Damo Academy plans to launch latest RISC-V chip this year as chip demand grows

Hong Kong cryptocurrency custodian Hex Trust eyes profit, fresh funding in 2024

After cutting costs by about 20 per cent throughout 2023, Hex Trust sees the cryptocurrency market’s revival ‘directly translating into profitability’ for the company.

18 Mar 2024 - 6:00PM
Hong Kong cryptocurrency custodian Hex Trust eyes profit, fresh funding in 2024

Huawei injects fresh capital into investment subsidiary as growth resumes

The capital infusion could be a harbinger for Huawei’s increased pace of new investments this year, as the Chinese tech giant’s sales rose in 2023.

18 Mar 2024 - 9:30PM

Damo Academy plans to launch latest RISC-V chip this year as chip demand grows

Damo Academy has showcased the next iteration of its RISC-V processor as demand for high-end semiconductors continues to grow in China.

18 Mar 2024 - 7:30PM

Hong Kong cryptocurrency custodian Hex Trust eyes profit, fresh funding in 2024

After cutting costs by about 20 per cent throughout 2023, Hex Trust sees the cryptocurrency market’s revival ‘directly translating into profitability’ for the company.

18 Mar 2024 - 6:00PM
MWC Barcelona 2024

Huawei, ZTE showcase AI prowess at MWC Barcelona amid industry transformation

Major telecommunications equipment makers are rushing to explore the potential of generative artificial intelligence, as China's Huawei and ZTE unveil their own AI models at MWC Barcelona.

Major telecommunications equipment makers are rushing to explore the potential of generative artificial intelligence, as China's Huawei and ZTE unveil their own AI models at MWC Barcelona.

2 Mar 2024 - 11:36AM

Oppo plans Europe comeback after clearing up Nokia legal wrangles

Oppo’s plan to bounce back in Europe comes a month after it signed a global patent cross-licensing agreement with Nokia, covering standard-essential patents in 5G.

Oppo’s plan to bounce back in Europe comes a month after it signed a global patent cross-licensing agreement with Nokia, covering standard-essential patents in 5G.

28 Feb 2024 - 5:26PM

You can see through the screen of Lenovo’s first transparent laptop

The 17.3-inch prototype device also has a transparent base that doubles as a virtual keyboard and a drawing tablet.

The 17.3-inch prototype device also has a transparent base that doubles as a virtual keyboard and a drawing tablet.

29 Feb 2024 - 7:52PM

US presidential candidates lack consistent attitude towards TikTok as legislation that would ban the app passes the House of Representatives. Amid widening technology gap, US must reflect on why an algorithm developed in China gained prominence within the American market.

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US presidential candidates lack consistent attitude towards TikTok as legislation that would ban the app passes the House of Representatives. Amid widening technology gap, US must reflect on why an algorithm developed in China gained prominence within the American market.

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5 Mar 2024 - 8:30PM

The concept of ‘new productive forces’ shows that China’s top leadership has realised that the traditional model of relying on debt-fuelled investment to drive growth has reached its limit.

5 Mar 2024 - 7:00AM
MWC Barcelona 2024

Huawei, ZTE showcase AI prowess at MWC Barcelona amid industry transformation

Major telecommunications equipment makers are rushing to explore the potential of generative artificial intelligence, as China's Huawei and ZTE unveil their own AI models at MWC Barcelona.

Major telecommunications equipment makers are rushing to explore the potential of generative artificial intelligence, as China's Huawei and ZTE unveil their own AI models at MWC Barcelona.

2 Mar 2024 - 11:36AM

Oppo plans Europe comeback after clearing up Nokia legal wrangles

Oppo’s plan to bounce back in Europe comes a month after it signed a global patent cross-licensing agreement with Nokia, covering standard-essential patents in 5G.

Oppo’s plan to bounce back in Europe comes a month after it signed a global patent cross-licensing agreement with Nokia, covering standard-essential patents in 5G.

28 Feb 2024 - 5:26PM

You can see through the screen of Lenovo’s first transparent laptop

The 17.3-inch prototype device also has a transparent base that doubles as a virtual keyboard and a drawing tablet.

The 17.3-inch prototype device also has a transparent base that doubles as a virtual keyboard and a drawing tablet.

29 Feb 2024 - 7:52PM

Tech Spotlight

Tech | OPINION
TikTok’s office in Culver City, California, is seen on March 13. The app has become for many a symbol of concern about China in the US. Photo: Reuters

On Balance | US TikTok hysteria pushes key questions about the app to the margins

US presidential candidates lack consistent attitude towards TikTok as legislation that would ban the app passes the House of Representatives. Amid widening technology gap, US must reflect on why an algorithm developed in China gained prominence within the American market.

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Inside Out | How will the world satisfy AI’s voracious appetite for electricity?

It’s not just how we can produce and afford the electricity, but also how we ensure we don’t aggravate global warming and squeeze domestic water supplies.

It’s not just how we can produce and afford the electricity, but also how we ensure we don’t aggravate global warming and squeeze domestic water supplies.

17 Mar 2024 - 9:15PM
How will the world satisfy AI’s voracious appetite for electricity?

Opinion | How Hong Kong can encourage the next generation of problem-solvers

The interdisciplinary nature of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) has faced challenges and successes in Hong Kong. Incorporating geospatial awareness into STEAM education is key to preparing young people to lead smart-city development.

The interdisciplinary nature of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) has faced challenges and successes in Hong Kong. Incorporating geospatial awareness into STEAM education is key to preparing young people to lead smart-city development.

17 Mar 2024 - 1:30PM
How Hong Kong can encourage the next generation of problem-solvers

The View | However innovative, China needs a network to become chip self-sufficient

The Western semiconductor landscape is an intertwined global network, fostered by decades of collaborative research and intellectual property sharing. Beijing must learn to marshal its domestic and international resources in a similar way to realise its ambitions.

The Western semiconductor landscape is an intertwined global network, fostered by decades of collaborative research and intellectual property sharing. Beijing must learn to marshal its domestic and international resources in a similar way to realise its ambitions.

12 Mar 2024 - 9:12PM
However innovative, China needs a network to become chip self-sufficient

Opinion | Focus on industrial policy holds promise, and risk, for China’s economy

As China pursues its economic goals, it must pay attention to the delicate balance between ambitious growth and the sustainable management of resources. Pursuing economic growth via domestic industrial policy without due caution risks making inequality worse and exacerbating trade frictions with other countries.

As China pursues its economic goals, it must pay attention to the delicate balance between ambitious growth and the sustainable management of resources. Pursuing economic growth via domestic industrial policy without due caution risks making inequality worse and exacerbating trade frictions with other countries.

8 Mar 2024 - 4:30PM
Focus on industrial policy holds promise, and risk, for China’s economy
People walk through a display of fibre optic cables at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on February 26. As a result of the dotcom bubble of the late 1990s, more than 128 million km of fibre optic cable was installed in the US. Photo: Bloomberg

Opinion | AI boom echoes the dotcom bubble, but not in the way you think

After the dotcom bubble burst, a glut of infrastructure looked like a mistake, but it laid the foundation for the internet’s eventual growth. Today’s AI investments may lower the cost of computing power and provide the basis for future breakthroughs, even if they precede a market correction.

5 Mar 2024 - 8:30PM
People watch a video featuring President Xi Jinping at the Military Museum in Beijing. Photo: AFP

My Take | New catchphrase hints at China’s chase for tech-led economic revival

The concept of ‘new productive forces’ shows that China’s top leadership has realised that the traditional model of relying on debt-fuelled investment to drive growth has reached its limit.

5 Mar 2024 - 7:00AM
TikTok’s office in Culver City, California, is seen on March 13. The app has become for many a symbol of concern about China in the US. Photo: Reuters

On Balance | US TikTok hysteria pushes key questions about the app to the margins

1 hour ago

It’s not just how we can produce and afford the electricity, but also how we ensure we don’t aggravate global warming and squeeze domestic water supplies.

17 Mar 2024 - 9:15PM
5 Mar 2024 - 8:30PM

The concept of ‘new productive forces’ shows that China’s top leadership has realised that the traditional model of relying on debt-fuelled investment to drive growth has reached its limit.

5 Mar 2024 - 7:00AM