Punching above their weight: how China’s AI giants stretch each dollar in compute race
The massive gap in artificial intelligence spending between US and Chinese tech titans may not buy the advantage…
China’s AI chip drive: MetaX and Iluvatar swing to profit, as Biren narrows losses
China’s home-grown artificial intelligence chipmakers are starting to cash in on Beijing’s self-reliance drive, but a fresh wave…
Zhipu AI shares jump as viral Ox Alpha model revealed as GLM-5.3-Flash on Chinese chips
China’s Zhipu AI has launched its latest open-weight model, GLM-5.3-Flash – previously code-named Ox Alpha – saying that…
What is a supernode, and why does it matter for the China-US tech rivalry?
As the size of artificial intelligence models expands beyond 1 trillion parameters, a new concept is dominating the…
Alibaba targets Nvidia’s dominant software ecosystem with open-source AI stack
Alibaba Group Holding’s chip design unit, T-Head, has announced that it will open-source its proprietary software stack, marking…
How Hong Kong is fighting to redefine its future with an institutional moat, wealth surge
For decades, warnings of Hong Kong’s terminal decline have arrived in periodic waves. When Stephen Roach, the former…
Chinese AI chip start-up exits stealth mode, bets on 3D stacking to bypass US controls
A Chinese artificial intelligence chip start-up led by industry veteran Wei Shaojun has emerged from stealth mode, joining…
China claims biggest AI model trained on local chips, as Meituan releases LongCat-2.0
As China attempts to move beyond using domestic chips solely for model inference, food delivery giant Meituan released…
Will China’s new northern tech bases in Hebei and Tianjin spark local housing demand?
Chinese technology companies establishing new headquarters and offices in northern cities around Beijing are expected to boost local…
As ByteDance spends billions on AI, which Chinese chip start-ups stand to gain?
As Chinese technology giant ByteDance accelerates its shift towards domestic chips for artificial intelligence workloads, a few smaller…
Huawei to hold the line as memory price surge hits China’s smartphone makers: report
Chinese smartphone makers are preparing for their most challenging year since the Covid-19 pandemic, as analysts say skyrocketing…
China adds AI chips to secure technology assessment list amid US curbs
For the first time, China has included artificial intelligence chips in its official “secure and reliable” technology assessments,…