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Initiating a review would help safeguard national security and the interests of Chinese consumers, the group said.
The Beijing-based think tank warned that transferring AI models trained on Nvidia GPUs to domestic solutions involved ‘complex engineering’.
Total computing power in China accounted for 26 per cent of the world’s total as of June, trailing only the US, but CPU usage rates are low.
AI chip users on the mainland have been informally advised to prioritise local alternatives, including those from Huawei, sources say.
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Huawei is sending out samples of its Ascend 910C processor for testing as the tech giant races to fill a void left by Nvidia.
Lithography systems promoted by China’s industry ministry show slow advances, as tools remain stuck at the mature-node level.
Chinese flash memory giant YMTC has made a small leap in its chip design architecture, thanks to closer ties with domestic semiconductor tool providers.
New restrictions announced by the Netherlands affect machines used by many semiconductor plants in China.
The patent from Shanghai Micro Electronics Equipment is still under review, but producing EUV tools in China would break a monopoly held by ASML.
The Shanghai-based unicorn, seen as a potential Nvidia competitor on the mainland, has begun its IPO tutoring process.
The Mate XT will officially go on sale on September 20, the same day that Apple kicks off its iPhone 16 retail sales on the mainland.
The Chinese language version of Apple Intelligence will only become available in 2025, with no words on whether it will land on the mainland.
China has invested 43.5 billion yuan (US$6.1 billion) on a nationwide project to build eight computing hubs, according to a Xinhua report, as the US-China tech war over semiconductors and AI rages on.
The Shanghai-based unicorn has begun the so-called tutoring process, compulsory for IPO applicants in China.
PDD Holdings, parent company of Pinduoduo and Temu, has warned of uncertainty ahead and downward pressure on profits despite reporting record revenue for the second quarter.
Samsung’s chip sales to China increased 82 per cent in the first half, and SK’s increased 122 per cent, as companies stockpile semiconductors.
Xiaomi’s EV business, while operating at a loss, has seen higher than expected deliveries after ramping up production.
Leading global players remain years ahead of top Chinese companies in advanced chip manufacturing, according to US think tank ITIF.
The latest round of funding brings the size of the Shanghai Semiconductor Industry Investment Fund to US$2 billion.
Government subsidies granted to Huawei, SMIC, Naura Technology and other major chip players in China swelled in 2023, a Post analysis found.
The assembler, also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry, recruited more than 50,000 workers in Zhengzhou over the past two weeks, according to Chinese media reports
China’ top chip maker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp said its revenue grew 22 per cent year on year in the second quarter as customers rushed to place orders amid rising geopolitical tensions.
The niche Shanghai-based e-commerce platform said it is cutting about 5 per cent of its workforce of 10,000 and reducing spending on ‘low-yield’ projects.
US export restrictions on China’s access to advanced chips and technologies have supercharged local efforts to replace foreign chip-making tools, industry insiders and analysts said.
Nvidia has not set a launch date for B20 GPU designed to get around export restrictions because of uncertainty around Washington’s plans to update its rules.
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.
The exclusion of the much-anticipated Apple Intelligence suite of AI features from the mainland China market could weigh on iPhone sales in the country, analysts said.
Sanjay Mehrotra was among a group of American executives visiting China this week, but the memory chip maker avoided bringing attention to it.
Chen Nanxiang, who also chairs China’s top chip industry association, said the country will benefit from new applications and packaging technologies, as Moore’s Law slows.
Within two months of being temporarily placed on a US military blacklist, Xiaomi announced plans to enter China’s saturated electric vehicle market.
