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Can Taiwan fulfil Asia-Pacific drone hub goal with ‘non-red’ supply chain push?
1+ hour, 39+ min ago (605+ words) Taipei aims to leverage geopolitics by positioning itself as an Asia-Pacific drone hub built on a supply chain decoupled from mainland China, though challenges relating to scale, politics and timing threaten its ambitious industrial strategy. The push reflects a broader…...
US move to ban China routers as part of onshoring push could be uphill battle
14+ hour, 9+ min ago (184+ words) A US move to ban imports of new foreign-made consumer routers aims to pressure Chinese manufacturers to "onshore" parts of their production chain, although that will be a challenge given limited US manufacturing capacity, according to analysts. The US Federal…...
Alibaba debuts its latest RISC-V-based chip amid shift to AI agents
19+ hour, 39+ min ago (306+ words) Alibaba debuts its latest RISC-V-based chip amid shift to AI agents'South China Morning Post The launch comes as AI agents are becoming the latest battlefield for Chinese tech companies after OpenClaw took the industry by storm XuanTie C950, the latest flagship…...
Explainer | Why Hong Kong is betting on RISC-V to build a global open-source chip hub
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (293+ words) RISC-V has been gaining popularity over the past few years, with the potential to become a major alternative to Intel's x86 and Arm Last week, Hong Kong Investment Corporation (HKIC) announced the establishment of the Hong Kong RISC-V Alliance. The move…...
DJI sues rival Insta360 for alleged patent infringement ahead of new drone debut
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (242+ words) DJI claims some of the patents were based on inventions made by one or more former employees within one year of them leaving the company Chinese drone giant DJI has filed a lawsuit against its crosstown rival Insta360 for alleged patent…...
Flying start for low-altitude economy goals as 100 drone projects proposed
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (168+ words) Some pilot projects are set to launch in the first half of the year, transport chief Mable Chan says In a blog post on the Transport and Logistics Bureau's website on Saturday, Chan said "the industry responded enthusiastically" to the…...
Huawei challenges Nvidia with powerful new AI accelerator card
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (238+ words) The Atlas 350 can deliver 1.56 petaflops of FP4 computing power, a 2.8-times improvement over Nvidia's H20 chip, an executive says Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies has launched the Atlas 350 accelerator card for inference, boasting higher computing power for artificial intelligence applications and better…...
Drone warfare transformed? How China’s new invention could change the game
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (143+ words) Researchers say the fingernail-sized devices could help transform drone warfare and other fields where precise timing is vital Developed by a research team led by Professor Chen Jiehua from Wuhan University's Satellite Navigation and Positioning Technology Research Centre, the clock…...
Nvidia is restarting production of China AI chip variant, says CEO
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (192+ words) The company had reportedly halted "the manufacturing of its H200 chip last year because of increasing regulatory hurdles in the US and China Nvidia is restarting "the production of one of the company's chips that is designed to comply with US…...
Can Nvidia’s inference push at GTC help or hinder China’s catch-up efforts?
1+ week, 13+ hour ago (219+ words) Nvidia's Groq 3 LPU chip widens the AI gap with China, but offers Chinese firms niche inference market opportunities, analysts say Nvidia's latest language processing chip, unveiled at the company's annual artificial intelligence conference, has opened a new frontier in the…...