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Thursday 25 September 2025
Alibaba stakes out AI chip ecosystem, setting up a clash with Huawei
Alibaba is steadily building a vertically integrated chip ecosystem that spans cloud computing, AI chip design, and advanced packaging. People's Daily recently revealed a...
Wednesday 24 September 2025
Huawei's custom HBM challenges the existing memory hegemony
China is moving aggressively into the high-performance DRAM market dominated by Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, with its sights set on customized high-bandwidth memory (HBM). The...
Tuesday 23 September 2025
Huawei declares supernode era to eclipse Nvidia within 2 years
At Huawei Connect 2025, the company rolled out a three-year roadmap for its Ascend chips alongside the debut of its Atlas 950 supernode. Rotating chairman Eric Xu warned that China's...
Monday 22 September 2025
Huawei launches 'safe' DeepSeek R1 through academic collab, trained on 1,000 Ascend chips
Huawei introduced the DeepSeek-R1-Safe at Huawei Connect 2025, a security-enhanced version of its DeepSeek R1 developed with Zhejiang University. The model targets stricter content...
Friday 19 September 2025
Huawei's Ascend chips to surpass Nvidia's China-only GPUs with up to 8 PFLOPS, 14.4TB/s bandwidth
US export controls have capped the performance of Nvidia's "China-only" GPUs, opening the door for domestic chipmakers to compete. Huawei's Ascend roadmap, announced at its 2025 Connect...
Friday 19 September 2025
Huawei Ascend 950 to feature in-house HBM in 2026, advancing China's AI memory independence
Huawei unveiled its next-generation Ascend AI chip roadmap at the 2025 Connect summit, highlighting a milestone for China's semiconductor ambitions. Starting in early 2026, the Ascend...
Thursday 18 September 2025
Huawei charts 6-year Ascend AI chip roadmap, showcasing HBM advances and SuperNode scale
Huawei is pressing ahead with its in-house chip and AI infrastructure strategy despite escalating US–China tech tensions. At Huawei Connect 2025 in Shanghai, deputy and rotating...
Thursday 18 September 2025
Baidu's Kunlun chip nab China Mobile contract, but still trails Huawei Ascend ecosystem
Baidu, one of China's leading internet companies, has cultivated its in-house Kunlun chip for years and recently secured a significant contract with China Mobile, marking the first...
Friday 12 September 2025
Huawei, Cambricon AI chip production set to top one million units by 2026
China is accelerating its drive for homegrown AI semiconductors. JPMorgan forecasts Huawei will ship 600,000–650,000 AI chips in 2025, while Cambricon Technologies is on track...
Thursday 4 September 2025
Baidu, Huawei push supernode clusters to sidestep chip limits in China's AI race
The generative AI surge is accelerating at record pace, with computing power emerging as the decisive asset. As advanced AI chips grow scarce under tightening export controls, China...
Monday 1 September 2025
DeepSeek fuels return to profit for Chinese tech champion Huawei
Huawei Technologies Co. posted a first-half profit, getting back into the black after the emergence of DeepSeek ignited a wave of AI development across China.
Wednesday 27 August 2025
DeepSeek’s FP8 model signals China’s push to cut reliance on US AI chips

DeepSeek shook up China's AI race on August 21 with the release of its V3.1 model, built on UE8M0 FP8 Scale precision and designed for...

Monday 25 August 2025
Baidu's Kunlunxin's US$140 million AI chip order from China Mobile fuels face-off with Nvidia
China's push to challenge Nvidia in AI chips is accelerating, with Baidu's Kunlunxin winning a US$140 million order from China Mobile. Alongside Huawei's Ascend processors and Cambricon's...
Friday 15 August 2025
DeepSeek's R2 stalls as Huawei Ascend chips fall short of Nvidia H100's capabilities
In the 2025 AI arms race, China's DeepSeek has become both a showcase of ambition and a cautionary tale on domestic chip limitations. Founded in Hangzhou in 2023 and backed by hedge...
Wednesday 13 August 2025
China to start mass production of domestic HBM3 chips, paving way for Huawei AI integration

China's domestic high-bandwidth memory (HBM) technology has reportedly reached a major milestone, with one of the nation's top DRAM manufacturers...