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Che Pan
Senior Reporter, Technology
Che Pan joined the SCMP in 2020 and covers China tech news with a focus on semiconductors and AI. Previously, he covered China's economy at Caixin. Che graduated from Sciences Po Paris with a master degree in financial regulations and risk management.
Che Pan joined the SCMP in 2020 and covers China tech news with a focus on semiconductors and AI. Previously, he covered China's economy at Caixin. Che graduated from Sciences Po Paris with a master degree in financial regulations and risk management.
Areas of Expertise:
China tech and EconomyLanguages Spoken:
English, French, Mandarin
The Hefei-based firm’s latest DDR5 memory chips use a 16nm node process, breaking through a limit that Washington sought to impose with sanctions.
Perceptions about Nvidia and how much its advanced chips are needed for cutting-edge AI are shifting with DeepSeek’s success, but is it warranted?
The Hangzhou office of China’s hottest start-up has recently seen several uninvited guests trying to see the team responsible for shaking up AI.
Yangtze Memory Technologies Co is integrating a new design into chips with 294 gates, research firm finds.
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The world’s largest chip foundry ended its relationship with a Singapore-based firm after a client review.
The changes aim to control global shipments of powerful GPUs essential for training AI models by closing existing regulatory loopholes.
Bai has over 30 years of semiconductor fabrication experience and previously held executive positions at various chipmakers, including Intel.
China has doubled down on its chip sector development, but growing external restrictions have hindered its progress for advanced chipmaking.
While Huawei has used Chinese memory chips in other handsets, the Mate 70 series features products from SK Hynix, a teardown analysis shows.
The findings contradict enthusiasm on Chinese social media, where users claimed the new Kirin 9020 had a performance boost of 30 per cent.
In a second escalation of chip restrictions this month, the US is planning to close sourcing loopholes through third-party countries, sources say.
The investigation into Nvidia’s previously-approved Mellanox acquisition marks the first time that China’s market regulator has opened the books on a closed deal.
Empyrean Technology is handing control of its board to its largest shareholder, a state-owned enterprise, after Washington blacklisted the software maker.
The action is an apparent response to Washington’s tightened chip restrictions against China.
Washington has excluded some of China’s largest semiconductor companies from its latest export restrictions.
Chinese chip companies have localised much of their supply chain in recent years, experts say, potentially limiting the impact of Washington’s new rules.
This initiative could deal a blow to the mainland businesses of Nvidia, Qualcomm and Intel.
Newly blacklisted Empyrean and Skyverse say the sanctions will have little impact, pointing to their local tech stack and domestic customers.
Mate 70 smartphone sales are expected to reach 3 million units this fourth quarter, according to TechInsights.
The impact on the Chinese chip industry would be significant if major domestic suppliers are blacklisted, sources say.
South Korea’s SK Hynix and Samsung dominate the supply of HBMs, each controlling about 48 per cent of the global market share in 2023.
‘This is just an extraordinary opportunity for China and for this area,’ CEO says as he receives honorary doctorate with acting legend Tony Leung.
The move signifies the importance of the Chinese EV market and the country’s progress in legacy chipmaking.
At the 21st China International Semiconductor Expo, industry experts weighed in on the challenges and opportunities ahead in domestic chipmaking.
Although production growth slowed to 11.8 per cent in October, semiconductors remain one of China’s fastest-growing industries this year.
Former SMIC chairman Gao Yonggang has resigned from JCET’s board after China Resources became the firm’s largest shareholder.
Moore Threads has hired Citic Securities to start the ‘tutoring’ process as it seeks to capitalise on enthusiasm in China’s semiconductor industry.
A wider shipment ban on TSMC-made chips could affect a range of mainland businesses from electric vehicles to smartphones.
The GPU and AI-accelerator start-up, founded by an Nvidia veteran, has become a joint-stock company after fresh investments.
