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Alibaba Group Holding CEO Eddie Wu Yongming speaks at the opening of the World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit on Friday. Photo: Reuters
Alibaba

Alibaba doubles down on ‘super-scale’ computing infrastructure for AI sector

Alibaba’s ‘super AI cloud’ will have the required technology to meet the industry’s massive computing demand, CEO Eddie Wu Yongming says.

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Nexperia China eyes new wafer suppliers amid legal fight with Dutch chipmaker

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China’s CXMT in crosshairs of South Korean prosecutors over Samsung tech leak

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Chinese EV battery giant CATL and Guoxin Micro set up new automotive chip firm

The two companies expect to launch Tongxin Micro Technology as a developer of automotive domain controller chips.

Contemporary Amperex Technology makes another semiconductor-related investment. Photo: Shutterstock
Contemporary Amperex Technology makes another semiconductor-related investment. Photo: Shutterstock
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Chinese AI champion iFlytek forms new entity to expand into semiconductor design

Shandong Yixun Information Technology’s scope of operations includes integrated circuit design and other AI-related fields.

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Jack Ma-backed YF Capital takes stake in Shanghai memory chipmaker InnoStar

A YF Capital affiliate has taken a 2.1 per cent stake in InnoStar Semiconductor, making it the chipmaker’s 14th largest shareholder.

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Nvidia aims to start H200 AI chip shipments to China by mid-February: sources

The US chip designer plans to fulfil initial orders from existing stock, with shipments expected to total 40,000 to 80,000 H200 chips.

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Significant uncertainty remains, as Beijing has yet to approve any H200 chip purchases. Photo: Shutterstock
Significant uncertainty remains, as Beijing has yet to approve any H200 chip purchases. Photo: Shutterstock
Banking & finance

Global firms turn to M&A in EVs and biotech to deepen China investment: KPMG

Survey of multinational corporations finds optimism in life sciences, healthcare and manufacturing, with half forecasting revenue growth.

Artificial intelligence

China’s Sugon launches AI infrastructure to rival platforms from Nvidia, Huawei

The Beijing-based supercomputer maker says its scaleX platform represents China’s first 10,000-card AI supercluster.

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China eyes mastery of EUV lithography, bolstering AI chip ambitions: analysts

‘As the semiconductor dream has become a national security issue, I would not underestimate China’s ambition,’ Natixis analyst Gary Ng says.

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Chinese scientists at a high-security Shenzhen laboratory earlier this year built a prototype extreme ultraviolet lithography machine. Photo: Shutterstock
Banking & finance

Chinese AI, chip start-ups court global investors with Hong Kong listing plans

GigaDevice and Montage are each aiming to raise as much as US$1 billion from Hong Kong listings as early as January, report says.

The MetaX booth at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, July 26, 2025. Photo: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images
The MetaX booth at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, July 26, 2025. Photo: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images
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US launches review of Nvidia’s H200 chip sales to China: sources

The inter-agency licensing review involves the US departments of Commerce, State, Energy and Defence.

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China to remain biggest buyer of chipmaking equipment through 2027: SEMI

China chipmakers are projected to continue outspending the world on wafer fab equipment through 2027, report says.

Artificial intelligence

SenseTime pushes open-source AI model to provide a ‘smart brain’ for every robot

The Chinese AI pioneer also releases first robot dogs under new venture Ace Robotics.

The first robot dog products unveiled on Thursday by Ace Robotics, a new venture of SenseTime. Photo: Handout
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AMD chief Lisa Su commits to ‘deeper’ China investments after MIIT meeting

In Beijing on Wednesday, Su exchanged views with MIIT director on ‘strengthening cooperation’ in the digital economy and AI sectors.

AMD CEO Lisa Su meets Lenovo executives in Beijing on Tuesday. Photo: Sina
AMD CEO Lisa Su meets Lenovo executives in Beijing on Tuesday. Photo: Sina
MetaX

MetaX stock soars 700% in Shanghai debut as traders snap up Chinese GPU maker

MetaX closes at 829.90 yuan on Wednesday, from its IPO price of 104.66 yuan, after gaining as much as 755 per cent in intraday trading.

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AMD chief Lisa Su visits Lenovo in Beijing as US hints at easing chip curbs

Su’s visit to China – including a whistle-stop at Lenovo’s headquarters – comes as Washington signals a shift on export restrictions.

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IPO

Biren Technology’s Hong Kong IPO gets go-ahead from Beijing

Shanghai-based Biren plans to float about 372 million shares on the Hong Kong stock exchange.

Biren Technology is expected to raise about US$300 million from its Hong Kong listing, according to Chinese media reports. Photo: Handout
Biren Technology is expected to raise about US$300 million from its Hong Kong listing, according to Chinese media reports. Photo: Handout
IPO

MetaX set for Shanghai debut amid frenzy over AI chip stocks, Nvidia uncertainty

The Shanghai-based graphics processing unit designer plans to raise US$596 million from the sale of 40.1 million shares.

Huawei

Huawei’s Kirin 9030 processor shows China’s chip progress despite US curbs

Despite ‘meaningful density improvements’ in its N+3 process, SMIC’s capabilities are still behind leading chipmakers TSMC and Samsung.

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United States

China’s AI sector poised for growth despite US restrictions: venture capitalist

China’s AI sector gains confidence with DeepSeek’s emergence, but tech ecosystem needs to improve, GSR United Capital’s Zhou Qi says.

China and the US are the two top players in global AI development, with the former leading in humanoid robotics and open-source large language models, according to a venture capitalist. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

Less hype, more hardware: SenseTime banks on multimodal AI to regain its edge

SenseTime may have slipped from the spotlight as one of China’s “AI dragons”, but its tilt at multimodal, real-world AI hints at a comeback.

SenseTime co-founder and chief scientist Lin Dahua. Photo: Vincent Chow
SenseTime co-founder and chief scientist Lin Dahua. Photo: Vincent Chow
Mergers & Acquisitions

Chinese supercomputer maker Sugon and chip developer Hygon call off merger plans

The aborted merger dashes industry expectations for a major domestic ecosystem covering advanced processors and high-performance servers.

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China’s Moore Threads to unveil AI chip road map to rival Nvidia’s CUDA system

Founder Zhang Jianzhong is expected to launch the firm’s next-generation AI chip architecture and MUSA platform road map in Beijing.

US-China trade war

US-China tech thaw? Trump clears Nvidia H200 exports – why it matters

It’s a ‘sliding scale’ strategy, analysts say of Trump’s U-turn – preserve American market share while dampening Beijing’s self-reliance push.

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US President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping talk after a bilateral meeting in Busan, South Korea, on October 30. Trump said on Monday that he had reached an agreement with Xi to allow US chip giant Nvidia to export advanced artificial intelligence chips to China. Photo: Reuters
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