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Get the latest on China’s push for semiconductor innovation, as the nation strives for self-reliance in this critical technology.
Materials scientist and study lead author Zhang Shuchen (left) pictured in a lab at the University of Science and Technology of China. Photo: Xinhua
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China-US team’s feat could ‘open entirely new avenues’ in semiconductors

Paper outlines novel ‘self-etching’ technique enabling world’s first fabrication of intricate structures in 2D perovskite materials.

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Science

Could China’s ion implanter ‘scalpel’ carve out secure chip supply chains?

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Artificial intelligence

Huawei-style ‘chip stacking’ seen as a path for China to rival Nvidia’s GPUs

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‘Historic’: Chinese team makes world’s first 2D industrial chip for military use

The chips continue to function even when exposed to high levels of gamma radiation and could have a range of strategic and military uses.

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The chips could be used in space or weapons systems. Photo: Shutterstock
China technology

Opinion | Techno-nationalism is now the critical battlefront in geopolitics

The assumption that technology is a neutral force driving shared progress is giving way to a reality of competition and contest.

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US-China trade war

How China used rare earths to turn on the US chip tap again

Washington tried to slow Chinese AI progress with export bans, a tactic Beijing later employed to regain some ground.

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Huawei

Huawei, SMIC struggle to advance chips to 5-nm level, MateBook shows: report

Huawei’s newly released MateBook Fold laptop runs on another 7-nm Kirin chip made by SMIC, as the Mate 60 Pro smartphone did two years ago.

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The logo of Huawei seen at the Viva Technology conference at Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris on June 12. Photo: Reuters
Electric & new energy vehicles

Exclusive | SemiDrive to supply cockpit chips in European EVs as Chinese firms go global

‘Striving to be a top global chip supplier, we need to expand from the China market to the global market,’ general manager Eugene Wang says.

Huawei

Huawei claims better AI training method than DeepSeek using own chips

Huawei’s progress in AI model architecture could prove significant, as the company seeks to reduce its reliance on US technologies.

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Science

World’s first 1-nanometre RISC-V chip made in China with 2D materials

China’s chip industry has reached a major milestone after scientists developed the world’s most complex semiconductor microprocessor.

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Chinese scientists have had a breakthrough in 2D chip development. Photo: Shutterstock
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Largest gallium wafer: how China leads on next-gen semiconductor tech

A world-first N-polar GaN wafer created by Chinese scientists could be a game changer for the semiconductor industry.

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Chinese scientists have developed a breakthrough eight-inch GaN wafer. Photo: Shutterstock
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Chinese scientists build world’s first AI chip made of carbon

Chinese researchers have developed a chip that it could be a game-changer in modern computing.

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Semiconductors

Alibaba’s research arm launches a high-performance RISC-V chip for servers

Damo Academy announced its new server-grade C930, along with plans for future XuanTie chips that include AI acceleration.

Semiconductors

Taking a RISC: Hong Kong puts weight behind China’s open-source chips bet

Amid a flurry of RISC-V-focused conferences in China, Hong Kong is promoting research in the open-source chip standard.

China hopes the open-source RISC-V chip instruction set can eventually help it overcome US semiconductor restrictions. Photo: Shutterstock
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China cracks GaN chip defect mystery, boosting tech war edge

Minimising semiconductor flaws will expand China’s price gap with US for advanced chips used in electronic warfare, aerospace.

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Tech researchers have refined GaN crystal growth processes to minimise defects during semiconductor fabrication, resulting in both cost reductions and enhanced performance. Photo: Getty Images
Science

Top chip designer Sun Nan leaves US and finds ‘room to play’ in China

Tsinghua University highlights professor who has returned to China to train next generation of chip experts and tackle tech problems.

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China society

China’s netizens warned that shutting down scientists’ views may hobble progress

Renowned scientists such as physicist He Zuoxiu and Fields Medal winner Yau Shing-Tung have been subjected to online attacks.

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Semiconductors

China boosts quantum computer production with self-developed chips

Origin Quantum, a research firm added to the US trade blacklist this year, is expanding its superconducting quantum computer production.

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China is upgrading its first production line of superconducting quantum computers. Photo: Shutterstock
Semiconductors

China claims breakthrough that could clear chip-design hurdle

A Wuhan-based lab has announced a ‘milestone’ that could help China overcome restraints imposed by traditional chip-design technology.

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Semiconductors

Chinese memory chip maker YMTC achieves design breakthrough despite US sanctions

Chinese flash memory giant YMTC has made a small leap in its chip design architecture, thanks to closer ties with domestic semiconductor tool providers.

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US-China tech war

China touts home-grown chip machines amid self-sufficiency drive

Technology ministry claims ‘significant technological breakthroughs’ in deep-ultraviolet lithography by unnamed companies.

China has spent years pursuing technology self-sufficiency in chip production, but its progress in lithography systems remains slow. Photo: Shutterstock
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China’s chip making shows progress with new EUV patent despite US sanctions

The patent from Shanghai Micro Electronics Equipment is still under review, but producing EUV tools in China would break a monopoly held by ASML.

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Visitors walk past the Shanghai Micro Electronics Equipment (SMEE) booth during Semicon China, a trade fair for the semiconductor industry, on June 29, 2023. Photo: Reuters
Science

How Chinese engineers helped build the US semiconductor empire: a timeline

US domination of the field of advanced electronics has been propelled in part by many Chinese academics.

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Science

Could an artificial sapphire insulator be the bedrock of next-gen chip technology?

Researchers in China are tackling the problem of how to create effective current barriers as circuits become more complex and thinner.

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China could reach chip tool self-sufficiency this summer, industry veteran says

AMEC CEO Gerald Yin said China is on the verge of basic self-sufficiency in chip-making equipment, but is behind 5 to 10 years in quality and reliability.

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Escalating US export restrictions have made it harder for Chinese companies to access advanced chip-making equipment in recent years. Photo: Reuters
Science

Have Chinese scientists cracked code to making ultra-thin semiconductor material?

Research by Chinese team addresses key barrier to reducing the size of traditional silicon-based chips.

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A team of researchers in China say they have found a way to make computing chips smaller and more powerful than silicon-based semiconductors. Photo: Shutterstock
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Scientists in China, South Korea tell of ‘crucial stride’ in chip tech

Newly devised strategy could make commercially viable amorphous p-type semiconductors a reality, team in Chengdu and Pohang says in Nature paper.

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Chinese scientists create world’s most energy-efficient AI chips

Two record-breaking Chinese-made AI chips have wowed audiences at a prestigious conference.

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