AI chips

Alibaba has been deploying its custom chips for smaller AI models since early 2025 In sum – what to know: Alibaba and Baidu deploy in-house chips – Both Chinese companies are training AI models with custom silicon, partly reducing dependence …

Huawei has said the new chips will strengthen the foundation of AI computing power, both in China and around the world In sum – what to know: Huawei lays out three-year chip roadmap – Ascend 950 (2026), Ascend 960 (2027), …

With the new SuperPoDs and SuperClusters, Huawei’s rotating Chairman Eric Xu said the company has what it takes to provide abundant computing power for rapid advancements in AI In sum – what to know: Huawei outlines AI roadmap with SuperPoDs …

China Unicom has installed Alibaba AI chips at its facility in Xining, Qinghai province In sum – what to know: Alibaba AI chips – China Unicom’s new Qinghai data center is powered partly by domestically developed processors, marking a key …

Tencent Cloud president Qiu Yuepeng said the company had “fully adapted to mainstream domestic chips” within its AI computing infrastructure In sum – what to know: Tencent backs domestic AI chips – The company has fully integrated Chinese processors into …

OpenAI will start production next year with U.S. semiconductor company Broadcom In sum – what to know: OpenAI partners with Broadcom for chips – The company plans mass production of custom AI processors in 2026 to reduce reliance on Nvidia …

TSMC said the firm is evaluating the situation and taking appropriate measures, including communicating with the U.S. government In sum – what to know: TSMC loses U.S. shipment license – From December 31, the firm’s Nanjing plant will need export …

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is setting up a new education, training, and research hub focused on the design of AI chips In sum – what to know: TUM launches AI chip training hub – MACHT-AI will train over …

The development of the new AI chip by Alibaba comes amid efforts by Chinese technology firms to reduce reliance on foreign AI chip suppliers In sum – what to know: Alibaba develops new AI chip – The processor is designed …

For the first half of its fiscal year, Nvidia reported that these two unnamed customers contributed 20% and 15% of total revenue In sum – what to know: Two buyers drive 39% of Q2 revenue – Nvidia’s filing shows that …

Omdia anticipates AI infrastructure spending will peak as a share of total data center investment in 2026, before gradually easing through the end of the decade In sum – what to know: Market to hit $286B by 2030 – Omdia …

The CEO of Nvidia, Jensen Huang, said the Chinese AI market could expand by 50% annually In sum – what to know: Blackwell sales to China possible – Jensen Huang said there is a “real possibility” of exporting modified Blackwell …

With these efforts, China aims to keep pace with the United States in advance computing capabilities In sum – what to know: Chip output push – China aims to triple AI chip production next year, with new fabs boosting Huawei …

U.S. President Donald Trump recently mentioned the fact that Nvidia was looking to make its Blackwell chips available to the Chinese market In sum – what to know: Nvidia prepares Blackwell-based AI chip for China – The B30A is expected …

In sum – what to know: –Nvidia and AMD will reportedly have to pay 15% of their revenues from China AI chip sales to the U.S. government, in exchange for export licenses to be able to sell into the Chinese …

Nvidia noted last week that it expects to receive new licenses from the U.S. government to resume sales of the H20 chip in China In sum – what to know: Nvidia limits H20 chip supply – Nvidia has informed Chinese …

Nvidia confirmed it is currently in the process of filing the relevant applications with the U.S. government, with the main aim of resuming deliveries to customers soon In sum – what to know: Nvidia eyes H20 return to China – …

Chinese companies hope to deploy about 115,000 Nvidia H100 and H200 GPUs—chips which have been restricted from sale to China by the U.S. government since 2022 over security concerns In sum – what to know: Unlicensed AI chip plans – …

New micro data center facilities will rely on locally developed AI chips to provide low-latency AI services to SMEs, hospitals, and public institutions in South Korea. In sum – what to know: Local chips – the initiative supports the construction …

SK Telecom said it will expand deployment of Rebellions’ NPU-powered servers depending on the outcomes of the ongoing testing phase In sum – what to know: SKT pilots domestic AI chip – SK Telecom is testing Rebellions’ ATOM NPU across …

The move by the Government of Korea follows reports that U.S. President Trump intends to soon unveil new tariff rates on imported semiconductors In brief – why this matters –South Korea has unveiled a massive KRW 33 trillion ($23.25 billion) …

An AI hyperscale data center is a large facility designed to support AI workloads on a massive scale In today’s digital world, artificial intelligence (AI) is growing rapidly. To support this growth, companies need powerful data centers that can handle …