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The great chip leap: China’s semiconductor equipment self-reliance surges past targets

China’s drive for chip manufacturing equipment self-sufficiency advanced so rapidly in 2025 that even the country’s planners were caught by…

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China’s top contract chipmakers pursue acquisitions amid Beijing’s self-sufficiency drive

Those big-ticket transactions – 8.27 billion yuan (US$1.2 billion) for Hua Hong and 40.6 billion yuan for SMIC – signalled…

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Tech war: Huawei’s computing cluster to power AI projects, challenge US platforms

The Atlas 950 and Atlas 960 SuperPoDs, as well as the Atlas 950 and Atlas 960 SuperClusters, are expected to…

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SMIC to take full control of subsidiary chip foundry as China’s fab industry consolidates

In a statement last week, the company said it planned to buy the remaining equity interest in Semiconductor Manufacturing North…

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Tech war: which Chinese firm is supplying next-generation AI chips to DeepSeek?

The Hangzhou-based start-up’s cryptic one-line post on WeChat triggered online discussions about which AI chip supplier, or suppliers, would unveil…

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Tech war: Huawei reveals Kirin chip inside 5G smartphones as firm overcomes US sanctions

The name of Huawei’s chipset, which was designed by semiconductor design subsidiary HiSilicon, was found prominently displayed in screenshots shared…

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Some relief, some worry – how did the world react to Trump’s new chip tariffs?

When US President Donald Trump announced Washington would be imposing a 100 per cent tariff on semiconductor and chip imports…

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How Huawei’s silicon strategy defies US sanctions to advance China’s AI ambitions

Huawei’s advanced AI chip initiative, however, suddenly faced a major obstacle a year later in August 2020, when the US…

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Taiwan adds Huawei, SMIC to trade blacklist amid escalating US-China tech rivalry

Taiwan added Huawei Technologies and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC), two of China’s leading chipmakers, to a trade blacklist a…

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Hong Kong stocks waver as 3 companies start trading on city’s exchange

Hong Kong stocks moved between gains and losses, as investors await greater clarity on stimulus from Beijing, while the yield…

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