How Shenzhen-based companies are branching out from making just hardware to making sophisticated products that combine hardware with software and AI
Shenzhen flooded the world with cheap gadgets. Can it now become what Silicon Valley never did—a global hub of innovation, entrepreneurship, and manufacturing? Tweets: @tanayj , @yangyang_cheng , and @techreview Tweets: Tanay Jaipuria / @tanayj : “A product that took 12 to 18 months for a Western company to bring to market might take only four to six weeks within the shanzhai ecosystem” http://www.technologyreview.com/ ... Yangyang Cheng / @yangyang_cheng : Shenzhen, of the 1st Special Economic Zones in China, transformed from a fishing village to China's “Silicon Valley of Hardware” or “Maker Capital”, birthplace of Huawei&Tencent, as well as He Jiankui's university & companies. Read this @techreview profile http://www.technologyreview.com/ ... @techreview : Shenzhen could become something that Silicon Valley has never quite been: a technology hub with products available for every country and almost any budget. http://www.technologyreview.com/ ...