Nvidia orders 300,000 H20 chips from TSMC due to robust China demand

Nvidia orders 300,000 H20 chips from TSMC due to robust China demand

Nvidia placed orders for 300,000 H20 chipsets with contract manufacturer TSMC last week, two sources said, with one of them adding that strong Chinese demand had led the U.S. firm to change its mind about just relying on its existing stockpile. The Trump administration this month allowed Nvidia to resume sales of H20 graphics processing […]

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Huawei shows off AI computing system to rival Nvidia’s top product

Huawei shows off AI computing system to rival Nvidia’s top product

China’s Huawei Technologies showed off an AI computing system on Saturday that one industry expert has said rivals Nvidia’s most advanced offering, as the Chinese technology giant seeks to capture market share in the country’s growing artificial intelligence sector. The CloudMatrix 384 system made its first public debut at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), […]

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Nvidia not permitted to sell its most advanced chips to China

Nvidia not permitted to sell its most advanced chips to China

Demand in China has begun surging for a business that, in theory, shouldn’t exist: the repair of advanced Nvidia artificial intelligence chipsets that the U.S. has banned the export of to its trade and tech rival. Around a dozen boutique companies now offer repair services, according to two such firms in the tech hub of […]

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Huawei seeks AI chip deals in Middle East and Southeast Asia

Huawei seeks AI chip deals in Middle East and Southeast Asia

Huawei Technologies is attempting to export small amounts of AI chips to the Middle East and Southeast Asia, as it looks to establish itself in markets dominated by U.S. chip designer Nvidia, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. The Chinese telecom giant has reached out to potential customers in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and […]

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Huawei’s AI lab denies that one of its Pangu models copied Alibaba’s Qwen

Huawei’s AI lab denies that one of its Pangu models copied Alibaba’s Qwen

Huawei’s artificial intelligence research division has rejected claims that a version of its Pangu Pro large language model has copied elements from an Alibaba model, saying that it was independently developed and trained. The division, called Noah Ark Lab, issued the statement on Saturday, a day after an entity called HonestAGI posted an English-language paper […]

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China finalising new safety rules for driver-assistance systems

China finalising new safety rules for driver-assistance systems

China’s automakers are outpacing foreign rivals in their push for assisted-driving technology, eager to woo motorists hungry for rapid innovation. Yet, Beijing has a nuanced message for its rising stars: move fast – but be careful. Regulators this week have been finalising new safety rules for driver-assistance systems as Beijing sharpens scrutiny of the technology […]

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Huawei chips are one generation behind US but firm finding workarounds, CEO says

Huawei chips are one generation behind US but firm finding workarounds, CEO says

Huawei Technologies’ chips are one generation behind those of U.S. peers but the firm is finding ways to improve performance through methods such as cluster computing, Chinese state media quoted CEO Ren Zhengfei as saying on Tuesday. The chipmaker invests 180 billion yuan ($25.07 billion) in research annually and sees promise in compound chips – […]

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Huawei launches first laptops using home-grown Harmony operating system

Huawei launches first laptops using home-grown Harmony operating system

Huawei launched two new laptop models on Monday, the first sold with its own Harmony operating system, in a bid to take on well-established Western Big Tech rivals even as the United States seeks to limit its access to crucial chips. Despite its emergence as the world’s leading producer of tech hardware, China’s development of […]

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US FCC set to ban all US sales of Huawei, ZTE equipment

US FCC set to ban all US sales of Huawei, ZTE equipment

The US Federal Communications Commission plans to ban all sales of Huawei and ZTE telecommunications equipment in the United States on national security grounds, news website Axios reported on Thursday, citing sources familiar with the matter. Last year, US President Joe Biden signed legislation to prevent companies that are deemed security threats from receiving new […]

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Facing government action, Huawei to dial down R&D operations

Facing government action, Huawei to dial down R&D operations

Decision comes after I-T searches and probes into ‘national security’ aspects Decision comes after I-T searches and probes into ‘national security’ aspects Faced with Income Tax raids, exclusion from 5G telecom trials in India, and increasing restrictions on research collaborations, Chinese telecom major Huawei is planning to downsize operations at its Research and Development (R&D) […]

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