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China’s top fabless chip firms estimate big 2023 losses despite push for greater self-sufficiency in semiconductors

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China’s leading chip companies, from Loongson Technology to Cambricon Technologies, expect to log huge losses for 2023 in spite of Beijing’s push for greater self-sufficiency in semiconductors, according to corporate filings. Loongson Technology, a fabless chip firm that is a firm advocate for domestic semiconductor development, is estimating a full-year loss of 310 million yuan … Read more

Pixelworks Brings Silky-smooth Visual Experience to Earth: Revival

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120fps Surreal Picture Quality Recreates a Future Sci-Fi World Bursting with Infinite Survival-Genre Imagination SHANGHAI, Feb. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Pixelworks, Inc. (NASDAQ: PXLW), a leading provider of visual processing solutions, today announced that the latest release of the award winning mobile game Earth: Revival integrates Pixelworks’ Rendering Accelerator SDK to significantly enhance the visual … Read more

Tech war: Nvidia’s new H20 chip, tailored for China, set to go head-to-head with Huawei product

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Newly-tailored chips for China from Nvidia are set for direct competition with a processor developed by domestic giant Huawei Technologies, with the two products having a similar price and performance, according to industry sources. Nvidia has started to take pre-orders for its H20, a powerful graphics processing unit (GPU) that the US chip design firm … Read more

China’s securities regulator raises suspicion of financial fraud committed by chip developer Beijing Zuojiang Technology

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The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) said it found the 2023 financial disclosures of Shenzhen-listed Zuojiang to be “seriously untrue” and “suspected [the company] of significant financial fraud”, according to the agency’s statement on Monday about the results of its preliminary investigation. The CSRC said its investigation, which was initiated on November 24, was still … Read more

Tech war: US wants cloud firms to report foreign users tapping their computing power for AI applications

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United States Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said her department is exploring how to force cloud companies to disclose when a foreigner taps their computing power to fuel artificial intelligence (AI) applications, signalling the next phase of the tech war between Washington and Beijing. “We’re beginning the process of requiring US cloud companies to tell us … Read more

World’s No 2 memory chip maker SK Hynix reports surprise profit

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SK Hynix reported a surprise operating profit boosted by strong sales of high-end memory chips used to power artificial intelligence (AI) applications. The world’s No 2 maker of memory chips reported an operating profit of 346 billion won (US$259 million) in the December quarter, compared with analyst estimates for a 169.9 billion won loss. Revenue … Read more

Taiwan at election crossroads as war threat looms – POLITICO

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This story was originally published in German by WELT, a sister publication of POLITICO in the Axel Springer Group. Nate Lin wants to be prepared for war.  On a Saturday morning in November, Lin, a 35-year-old Taiwanese man, practices how to apply a tourniquet to his right arm. In this fictive scenario, he’s been shot and … Read more

William Lai takes early lead in Taiwan presidential race in snub to Beijing – POLITICO

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TAIPEI — Pro-independence candidate William Lai looks on course to win the Taiwanese presidential election on Saturday in a result that risks inflaming tensions between Beijing and Washington in the South China Sea. The election has been billed as the first major global geopolitical watershed of 2024, pitting the U.S. against China in a battle … Read more

How to watch Taiwan’s election like a pro – POLITICO

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TAIPEI — The stakes for Taiwan’s democracy could hardly be higher in a tight presidential election on January 13, with Chinese President Xi Jinping delivering an ominous New Year address in which he insisted “reunification of the motherland is a historical inevitability.” The vote cuts to the heart of a battle for regional influence between … Read more

Samsung set for smallest profit drop in 6 quarters on chip rebound

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Samsung Electronics is expected to report its smallest profit drop in six quarters, analysts estimate, as a rebound in semiconductor prices shrinks losses in the South Korean company’s mainstay chip division. The world’s biggest maker of memory chips, smartphones and televisions is expected to show a 14 per cent fall in fourth-quarter profit when it … Read more