Pay, perks, equity: China’s AI, chip firms lead way in offering rewards to lock in talent
In the high-stakes battle for China’s top talent, domestic tech companies – especially in semiconductors and artificial intelligence…
Alibaba targets Nvidia’s dominant software ecosystem with open-source AI stack
Alibaba Group Holding’s chip design unit, T-Head, has announced that it will open-source its proprietary software stack, marking…
China’s Biren seeks US$900m to fund GPU push and challenge Nvidia amid AI boom
Chinese artificial intelligence chipmaking champion Shanghai Biren Technology is raising HK$7 billion (US$892.5 million) to boost production of…
Exclusive | ByteDance to pour US$14 billion into Nvidia chips in 2026 as computing demand surges
ByteDance plans to spend about 100 billion yuan (US$14 billion) on artificial intelligence chips from Nvidia in 2026,…
Moore Threads unveils new AI chips to challenge Nvidia
Chinese chip designer Moore Threads Technology has unveiled a suite of new products, including its next generation of…
Chinese AI Euphoria Obscures a Gloomier Technological Reality
Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — Moore Threads Technology Co.’s phenomenal debut this month — China’s most successful coming-out party since…
Tech war: which Chinese firm is supplying next-generation AI chips to DeepSeek?
The Hangzhou-based start-up’s cryptic one-line post on WeChat triggered online discussions about which AI chip supplier, or suppliers,…
China’s Nvidia challenger Cambricon to raise US$560 million for AI chip development
Chinese semiconductor firm Cambricon Technologies, seen as a potential future challenger to Nvidia, plans to raise nearly 4…