{"id":312985,"date":"2026-01-31T08:24:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T08:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/312985\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T08:24:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T08:24:07","slug":"chinas-semiconductor-firms-post-hefty-2025-profits-amid-ai-boom-tech-self-reliance-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/312985\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s semiconductor firms post hefty 2025 profits amid AI boom, tech self-reliance drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Enterprises across China\u2019s <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/semiconductors?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">semiconductor<\/a> industry recorded hefty profit growth last year, according to their unaudited financial results, driven by the country\u2019s <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/artificial-intelligence?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">artificial intelligence<\/a> infrastructure buildout and Beijing\u2019s push for tech self-reliance.Graphics processing unit (GPU) designer <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/cambricon-technologies-corporation?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cambricon Technologies<\/a> on Friday reported a net profit of 2.2 billion yuan (US$316 million) in 2025, its first profitable year, on the back of \u201cthe continuous rise in computing power demand within the AI industry\u201d, according to its Shanghai Stock Exchange filing.Other GPU designers, also viewed as alternative AI chip suppliers to <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/nvidia?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nvidia<\/a>, managed to narrow their losses in 2025.<a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/moore-threads-technology?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Moore Threads Technology<\/a>, which <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/banking-finance\/article\/3335269\/moore-threads-stock-surge-fivefold-shanghai-debut-investors-rush-ai-chipmaker?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">listed in Shanghai last month<\/a>, reported that its losses narrowed by up to 41 per cent to 1 billion yuan, while revenue rose as much as 247 per cent on the back of demand for its flagship GPU, the MTT S5000. The Beijing-based company claimed that its AI chip had \u201creached market-leading levels in terms of performance\u201d.<a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/metax-integrated-circuits-shanghai-company?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MetaX Integrated Circuits<\/a>, which <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/china-business\/article\/3336690\/metax-soars-frenzied-debut-traders-snap-second-chinese-gpu-maker-go-public?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">started trading in Shanghai<\/a> in December, narrowed its loss by up to 54 per cent to 798 million yuan in 2025. The GPU developer partly attributed its progress to creating \u201ca software ecosystem that is both compatible with mainstream ecosystems and independently controlled\u201d.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cBenefiting from the AI boom, domestic A-share companies in related sectors are projected to achieve substantial growth in full-year 2025 performance\u201d, a Donghai Securities research note said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Enterprises across China\u2019s semiconductor industry recorded hefty profit growth last year, according to their unaudited financial results, driven&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312986,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[261],"tags":[152554,291,289,290,37342,7213,1793,152560,152555,152556,152561,152547,152551,18,152550,152549,152553,152559,152558,2422,19,17,133867,117338,292,152557,152552,30725,2792,103316,152548,40831,82],"class_list":["post-312985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-advanced-micro-fabrication-equipment","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-asml","tag-bank-of-america","tag-beijing","tag-biwin-storage-technology","tag-cadence-design-systems","tag-china-micro-semicon-cms","tag-circuit-fabology-microelectronics-equipment","tag-domestic-a-share-companies","tag-donghai-securities","tag-eire","tag-electronic-design-automation-software","tag-extreme-ultraviolet-lithography-machines","tag-gigadevice-semiconductor","tag-great-microwave-technology","tag-guosheng-securities","tag-hangzhou","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-metax-integrated-circuits","tag-moore-threads-technology","tag-nvidia","tag-primarius-technologies","tag-roger-dassen","tag-samsung-electronics","tag-shanghai","tag-siemens-eda","tag-super-cycle","tag-synopsys","tag-technology"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}