computing power

China is spending billions on a national computing network. Its data chief says why

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“Frontier technologies and future industries represented by new materials, biopharmaceuticals, gene technology, and deep sea, air and space exploration, have created an unprecedented demand for computing power infrastructure. “A unified computing system would optimise resources, lower costs and help the country to achieve breakthroughs in cutting-edge tech such as quantum information.” 01:36 AI chip maker … Read more

AI + computing power + consumers: Zhuhai’s formula to spur economic and tech growth

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Huang added that Zhuhai would forge closer links with Hong Kong and Macau to attract more consumers to the city. “The development of a region or a city depends on policies in the short term, population in the medium term but the city’s services in the long run,” Huang said. 01:27 Construction of Greater Bay … Read more

Beijing launches state-backed AI platform to meet country’s rising demand for computing power

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Beijing has launched a public computing platform to support China’s artificial intelligence (AI) development at a time when the US is dialling up its export restrictions on advanced semiconductors critical to training and upscaling AI technologies. The Beijing AI Public Computing Platform, or Shangzhuang project, is operated by state-backed Beijing Energy Holding (BEH), with an … Read more