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Ann Cao
Reporter, Technology
Ann Cao is a Shanghai-based technology reporter for the Post, covering technology start-ups and policies in the city and eastern China. She graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a master's degree in journalism.
Ann Cao is a Shanghai-based technology reporter for the Post, covering technology start-ups and policies in the city and eastern China. She graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a master's degree in journalism.
Areas of Expertise:
Technology, gaming, e-commerceLanguages Spoken:
English, Mandarin
South Korea’s memory chip giants warn of a prolonged crunch, with worried Samsung customers already pre-booking memory capacity for 2027.
Shanghai-based firm’s IPO reflects mainland China’s push for photonics chips as a fast-growing alternative to conventional semiconductors.
Japanese suppliers warn of photoresist strain as upstream shocks ripple through Asia’s semiconductor supply chain.
RISC-V, an open-source chip architecture, has gained popularity in China in reaction to widening US restrictions on exports of advanced technology.
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AI dominates TSMC revenues as foundry giant pivots from smartphones to high-performance computing.
The Shanghai-based start-up says its chip design is likely to improve energy efficiency by 40 per cent compared with its predecessor.
Nvidia supplier aims to raise up to US$2.2 billion in Hong Kong as AI data centre demand makes boards ‘all the rage’.
New roles in Inner Mongolia point to expansion of computing capacity ahead of V4 release, fuelling speculation over chip sourcing.
The company’s cloud and AI businesses are gaining speed, with token usage and pricing changes fuelling growth, analysts say.
New US bill pressures Japan and the Netherlands to align on China chip curbs, with potential fallout for global supply chains.
Cluster in Shaoguan powered by domestically developed Zhenwu chips latest evidence that China is doubling down on home-grown infrastructure.
The underwater data centre, located 10 kilometres off Shanghai’s eastern coast, was built by Shanghai HiCloud Technology.
Geely-backed firm targets 100,000 autonomous vehicles by 2030, banking on tighter control of cars, tech and operations to drive efficiency.
Tencent is actively seeking cooperation with OpenClaw as it moves to capitalise on the agent’s popularity to win over domestic users.
Wave of Chinese tech listings builds in Hong Kong as semiconductor groups scale up output.
Other Chinese AI chipmakers, including Cambricon, Moore Threads and MetaX, also posted stellar revenue growth for 2025.
OpenClaw frenzy accelerates shift to autonomous AI, as Alibaba equips merchants with always-on digital workers.
The Xiangshan high-performance processor is the latest effort from China to push the boundaries with RISC-V architecture.
Firm aims for above-average growth this year under plan for ‘optimising existing stock and digging for new increments’.
The Beijing-based company had a challenging 2025 after local e-commerce giant JD.com jumped into food and grocery deliveries.
China on track to account for nearly half of world wafer capacity in two years, organiser of world’s largest chip industry trade show says.
The launch comes as AI agents are becoming the latest battlefield for Chinese tech companies after OpenClaw took the industry by storm.
RISC-V has been gaining popularity over the past few years, with the potential to become a major alternative to Intel’s x86 and Arm.
City at heart of Yangtze River Delta region sees new tech dreams emerge as old ones based on mass production of electronics fade.
China’s microelectronics, motors, rare earth and magnets – which are foundational to robotics – are the world’s best, says Huang.
Essential material for advanced semiconductor processes expected to enter stage of accelerated breakthroughs, major Chinese supplier says.
The shift comes as top cybersecurity expert warns country now home to 40 per cent of global assets linked to OpenClaw.
The automated agent requires unusually high levels of access to user devices, raising security concerns.
Chip exports hit US$43.3 billion in January and February, outpacing China’s overall export growth of 21.8 per cent in the same period.
