{"id":54663,"date":"2025-09-10T07:05:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T07:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/54663\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T07:05:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T07:05:10","slug":"china-narrows-ai-development-gap-with-us-but-remains-behind-in-advanced-chips-clsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/54663\/","title":{"rendered":"China narrows AI development gap with US, but remains behind in advanced chips: CLSA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The China-US AI gap has narrowed to around three months from more than a year, thanks in part to the influx of AI talent, fast technology iteration and a boom in AI applications on the mainland, said Tony Zhang, head of China technology research at CLSA, in a media briefing on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">While Chinese companies face a shortage of high-performance processors for their AI projects because of geopolitical issues, the technology\u2019s development has not been hindered by that constraint, according to Zhang.<\/p>\n<p>He attributed that resilience to the foresight of Chinese <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/big-tech\/article\/3317760\/chinas-cloud-services-spending-hits-us116-billion-first-quarter-ai-related-demand?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">cloud services<\/a> providers, who managed to accumulate enough AI chips for training purposes. The country has also seen a growing number of domestic chip designers develop AI processors for both training and inference tasks, he added.CLSA\u2019s assessment reflected how China has managed to overcome <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/us-sanctions-china?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">US export restrictions<\/a> that have limited domestic firms\u2019 access to advanced chips used for AI projects in <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/tech-trends\/article\/3261864\/ai-boom-fuels-demand-major-data-centre-deals-asia-pacific-year?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">data centres<\/a>.The breakthroughs made by <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/start-ups?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">start-ups<\/a> like <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/deepseek?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DeepSeek<\/a> in open-source AI models and <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/knowledge\/companies\/huawei\/news?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Huawei Technologies<\/a> in AI chip design have also enabled China to bolster its tech self-sufficiency efforts amid US sanctions.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"China continues to lag the US in the development of advanced semiconductors. Photo: Shutterstock\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/5718fbc0-b39f-41b2-8056-71f2432f81df_657be132.jpg\" title=\"China continues to lag the US in the development of advanced semiconductors. Photo: Shutterstock\"\/>China continues to lag the US in the development of advanced semiconductors. 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