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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.
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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.
- Chinese imports of US computer chips risen strongly in the past three years, as the risk of a “silicon curtain” descending looms over tech firms
The non-profit RISC-V Foundation sets standards for the core chip architecture and controls who can use its trademark on products. The organisation has more than 325 members, including Qualcomm, Alibaba and Huawei.
The non-profit RISC-V Foundation sets standards for the core chip architecture and controls who can use its trademark on products. The organisation has more than 325 members, including Qualcomm, Alibaba and Huawei.
Citic Capital Partners, the Chinese home-grown buyout firm that recently acquired 80 per cent of McDonald’s China and Hong Kong operations, sees potential deal opportunities in China’s semiconductor sector, an industry that is moving rapidly towards self sufficiency amid the ongoing US-China technology war.
Citic Capital Partners, the Chinese home-grown buyout firm that recently acquired 80 per cent of McDonald’s China and Hong Kong operations, sees potential deal opportunities in China’s semiconductor sector, an industry that is moving rapidly towards self sufficiency amid the ongoing US-China technology war.
Dependence on US frameworks for deep learning seen as significant gap in China’s AI ecosystem, potentially hampering efforts to close the AI tech gap with the US by 2030.
Dependence on US frameworks for deep learning seen as significant gap in China’s AI ecosystem, potentially hampering efforts to close the AI tech gap with the US by 2030.
EUV machines are crucial in the memory and semiconductor manufacturing process.
EUV machines are crucial in the memory and semiconductor manufacturing process.
Blacklisted China tech companies shrug off US move, but ultimately they will have to find domestic alternatives to current US hardware.
Blacklisted China tech companies shrug off US move, but ultimately they will have to find domestic alternatives to current US hardware.
Some in China see custom AI chips, which can offer superior performance to conventional integrated circuits even when manufactured using older processes, as helping the country loosen its dependence on the US in core technology.
Some in China see custom AI chips, which can offer superior performance to conventional integrated circuits even when manufactured using older processes, as helping the country loosen its dependence on the US in core technology.
American businesses require a special license to supply goods to Huawei after the US added the Chinese company to a trade blacklist in May over national-security concerns
American businesses require a special license to supply goods to Huawei after the US added the Chinese company to a trade blacklist in May over national-security concerns
Semiconductors have become the cornerstone technology of the information age and Taiwan has managed to carve out a leading industry position.
Semiconductors have become the cornerstone technology of the information age and Taiwan has managed to carve out a leading industry position.
EDA software has become more important for the semiconductor industry over the years, as designers deal with the complexity of having billions of transistors on smaller chips.
EDA software has become more important for the semiconductor industry over the years, as designers deal with the complexity of having billions of transistors on smaller chips.
China has to strike a balance between the heavy investment that the industry requires and the returns that such spending may, or may not, yield.
China has to strike a balance between the heavy investment that the industry requires and the returns that such spending may, or may not, yield.
Senior industry executives call on governments around the world to resist decoupling supply chains and disentangling economic cooperation.
Senior industry executives call on governments around the world to resist decoupling supply chains and disentangling economic cooperation.
China has made self-reliance in core technologies a key initiative, but the country remains at least one to two generations behind the US in the critical field of semiconductors, according to industry veteran.
China has made self-reliance in core technologies a key initiative, but the country remains at least one to two generations behind the US in the critical field of semiconductors, according to industry veteran.
ASTRI, the largest government-funded R&D centre in Hong Kong, is one of the research institutes covered by the government’s drive to build up hi-tech R&D
ASTRI, the largest government-funded R&D centre in Hong Kong, is one of the research institutes covered by the government’s drive to build up hi-tech R&D
After several decades and billions of dollars of investment, only 16 per cent of semiconductors used in China today are manufactured domestically.
After several decades and billions of dollars of investment, only 16 per cent of semiconductors used in China today are manufactured domestically.
Vice-president of the Semiconductor Industry Association, a US trade group that represents some of the world’s biggest chip makers, speaks about China’s chip efforts.
Vice-president of the Semiconductor Industry Association, a US trade group that represents some of the world’s biggest chip makers, speaks about China’s chip efforts.
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