Alibaba open-sources its chip software, following similar plays from Huawei and Moore Threads, as Chinese GPU makers try to break the dominance of Nvidia's CUDA
The firm's chip unit T-Head aims to lower migration barriers to Zhenwu AI computing architectures, following similar initiatives by Huawei and Moore Threads
China's smartphone shipments fell 4.3% YoY to 66M units in Q2, the fifth consecutive quarter of decline, amid a memory shortage; Huawei and Apple grew shipments
What Happened in China's Smartphone Market in Q2 2026? — China's smartphone shipments came in at roughly 66 million units …
Sources: DeepSeek is at an early stage of developing its own AI chip designed for inference, in a push that could reduce its reliance on Nvidia and Huawei chips
Chinese startup DeepSeek is developing its own AI chip, according to three people familiar with the matter, a push that could reduce …
Sources describe Huawei's efforts to rebuild its chip business seven years after the US cut Huawei off from advanced US chips, as it bets on logic-stacking tech
Seven years after being written off the Chinese tech giant is making technical advances that appear to sidestep Washington curbs.
Huawei unveils HarmonyOS 7, introducing an “agent-friendly” architecture that connects to 2,000+ specialized AI agents and features an enhanced voice assistant
Sources: Taiwan is considering restricting AI chip sales to all customers in China, not just companies on an export blacklist like Huawei, to align with the US
Taiwan authorities are considering much stricter export controls on AI chip sales to China to further align with US measures …
Sources: China is drafting plans to spend ~$295B over the next five years on building AI data centers, sourcing 80%+ of tech from local suppliers like Huawei
Sources: the US urged NATO allies to channel defense spending toward efforts to replace components from Huawei in their networks and critical infrastructure
President Donald Trump's administration urged NATO allies to channel defense spending toward efforts to replace components …
A research team that includes Huawei says it successfully used Huawei's Ascend 910C chips for DeepSeek V4 Pro model's post-training, amid increased US sanctions
While Chinese chipmakers have found success in supporting AI inference, they are struggling with the far more complex process of training