With Washington granting export clearance for NVIDIA’s H20, China is accelerating its AI chip self-sufficiency drive. Nikkei reports that major municipalities are rolling out aggressive targets: Shanghai is pushing for 70% of data center chips to be domestically designed or produced by 2027, while...

As the U.S. tightens export controls on NVIDIA’s H20 chips, Huawei is stepping up with a broader ambition in semiconductors. According to the Financial Times, the company is swiftly building an advanced chip production line in Shenzhen to manufacture 7nm smartphone and Ascend AI processors, implyi...

As the U.S.-China chip war heats up, China is going all-in on AI ASICs, with Huawei’s flagship chips stealing the spotlight. But with rumors of the Ascend 920 entering mass production in 2H25, Commercial Times raises doubts about SMIC’s N+3 process and the chip’s access to top-tier HBM. Acc...