Cambricon cashes in on anti-Nvidia orders
Beijing's AI chip pipsqueak rakes in the yuan
Chinese chip upstart Cambricon is laughing all the way to the bank after netting a record profit on the back of Beijing's vendetta against Nvidia.
Nvidia pulls plug on China-only H20 GPU
Nvidia backs away as Chinese market turns sour
Nvidia appears to be winding down its H20 GPU line for China, as the economic and political winds continue to blow straight in its face.
China turns off Nvidia over loudmouth US trade chief
Beijing tells tech giants to dump AI chip after US boasts spark fury
The Middle Kingdom is quietly telling its top tech outfits to give up on buying the H20, a neutered AI chip from Nvidia, after a senior US official’s remarks left Beijing fuming.
Nvidia jacks up H20 chip prices to pay Trump tax
Price increases passed on to China
Nvidia is hiking the price of its H20 AI chips by 18 per cent to bankroll a Trump-approved shake-down of its Chinese business.
Applied Materials sued in China over alleged tech theft
Beijing chip-gear maker claims US rival swiped plasma tech via ex-staff
Top US chip-equipment maker Applied Materials is in hot water in China after being accused of stealing trade secrets from a domestic competitor.
Uncle Sam sneaks tracking devices into AI server shipments
Dell, Super Micro gear laced with spy kit as US hunts chip smugglers
The US has been tucking location trackers into shipments of advanced AI chips and servers, hoping to catch them being smuggled into China.
DeepSeek’s R2 model delayed
Beijing’s homegrown chip dream still can’t train properly
Chinese AI outfit DeepSeek has been forced to eat humble pie after its shiny new model flopped on Huawei’s Ascend chips, dragging a planned May launch into the long grass and handing rivals the chance to surge ahead.
China leans on Nvidia chip buyers
Beijing pressures tech firms to explain why they’re not buying local silicon
The Middle Kingdom’s bureaucrats are making life more difficult for Nvidia by questioning Chinese tech giants about their reasons for ordering the US chipmaker’s H20 AI processors.
Nvidia and AMD hand Trump 15 per cent of China chip revenues
Protection money
Nvidia and AMD have agreed to give the Trump administration 15 per cent of revenues from their China chip sales in return for export licences.
Intel boss under fire for China ties as company sinks further
Lip-Bu Tan faces scrutiny over Cadence scandal and Beijing links
Intel is facing serious questions from US lawmakers about its new boss's ties to China and a criminal case that started before he arrived.