Chinese phonemakers smell blood as Apple stalls on AI
Published in Mobiles


Local brands push switcher apps to poach Job’s Mob users

Chinese phonemakers are pushing hard to lure punters from the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple as the outfit struggles to roll out its AI features in the world’s biggest smartphone arena.

China’s AI fever sends Moore Threads shares into orbit
Published in AI


Beijing’s chip hopeful rockets on debut

AI mania has China in a proper lather as punters pile into homegrown AI chip designer Moore Threads.

China’s power play jolts the AI race
Published in AI
Thursday, 27 November 2025 08:59

China’s power play jolts the AI race


Expert warns the West is missing the real contest

China’s sheer electrical muscle is about to reshape the AI race faster than many Western wonks care to admit.

Sovereign AI key to dodge superpower dependence
Published in News

Seoul throws cash and clout at its own AI destiny

The global AI arms race between China and the US has smaller nations nervously eyeing their supply lines, fearing they will end up beholden to the whims of the superpowers.

Tachyum boasts of a 6GHz with 1,024 cores
Published in PC Hardware
Thursday, 13 November 2025 11:07

Tachyum boasts of a 6GHz with 1,024 cores


Outfit promises cosmic performance from a chip that exists only on paper.

Tachyum has rolled out fresh specs for its upcoming Prodigy Universal Processor and the sheet reads like someone let a marketing intern loose with a calculator.

China taps Nvidia kit through a maze of middlemen
Published in Cloud


Jakarta’s server farm shows how China still reaches banned silicon.

A Jakarta data centre squeezed between a school and posh flats has become the latest reminder that US export controls leak badly.

Nvidia boss says China is racing ahead in AI
Published in AI
Thursday, 06 November 2025 09:24

Nvidia boss says China is racing ahead in AI


Huang warns West is stuck in pessimism

US tech giant Nvidia’s supreme dalek Jensen Huang reckons China is pulling ahead in the artificial intelligence race while the Land of the Free is stuck spinning its wheels in regulatory sludge.

AMD can ship Instinct MI308 AI chips to China
Published in AI
Wednesday, 05 November 2025 11:02

AMD can ship Instinct MI308 AI chips to China


Meanwhile Nvidia’s H20 is stuck in export limbo

AMD has received export approval for its Instinct MI308 AI chips, a move that gives it a narrow but meaningful advantage over Nvidia in the tightly restricted Chinese AI hardware market.

China provides cheap juice for AI datacentres
Published in News
Tuesday, 04 November 2025 09:56

China provides cheap juice for AI datacentres


Beijing cuts power bills for data centres that ditch Nvidia

China has decided that if its homegrown AI chips can’t beat Nvidia on power, it’ll just make electricity cheap enough not to care.

Trump shuts door on Nvidia's Blackwell chips for China
Published in News


US blocks AI exports once again

Nvidia's hopes of sliding back into China’s lucrative AI market have been crushed, as President Trump confirmed that the company’s new Blackwell chips will not be cleared for export.