As U.S. curbs continue to reshape supply chains, China is accelerating its push for semiconductor self-sufficiency and increasingly sourcing critical chipmaking tools from outside the U.S. According to Nikkei, imports of such equipment from Malaysia and Singapore surged in 2025, surpassing shipments...

China may be on the verge of another advanced chip breakthrough. According to South China Morning Post, citing local outlets icrank and Shanghai Morning Post, sources say Chinese startup Dishan Technology has made progress in developing a 2nm AI chip. The company is currently in the prototype verifi...

The U.S.’s lead in AI may be narrowing. According to the latest report from the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (Stanford HAI), China has reportedly closed the performance gap with the U.S. The report notes that U.S. and Chinese models have traded the lead multiple ti...

Recently, a joint research team from the National University of Defense Technology and the Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has made a major breakthrough in wafer-scale growth and controllable doping of a new class of high-performance two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor mater...

Driven by AI demand, memory chips have entered a new price upcycle since the second half of 2025. What developments among China’s A-share memory-related companies are worth watching? According to Cailian Press, recent 2025 annual reports by major companies reflect varied performance across the val...