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DeepSeek research suggests Huawei's Ascend 910C delivers 60% of Nvidia H100 inference performance

Nvidia's GPUs remain the best solutions for AI training, but Huawei's own processors can be used for inference.

Tom’s Hardware · Feb 4, 2025

OpenAI ex–board member Helen Toner says revoking ban on Nvidia AI chip exports would be a ‘huge victory’ for China

Scrapping export restrictions on top-of-the-line GPU chips because of DeepSeek’s AI success would hand China a major win, says Toner.

Fortune · Jan 29, 2025

China's second-largest foundry hires former Intel executive to lead advanced node development

Hua Hong, China's second-largest contract chipmaker, hires Intel veteran as it focuses on advanced logic production.

Tom’s Hardware · Jan 22, 2025

US lawmakers fire back at government's chip sanctions against China, alleging glaring loopholes that let China access the latest technology

The primary weakness of the new export rules lies in their reliance on a fab-specific approach instead of an entity-wide strategy, asserts John Moolenaar, the chairman of House Select Committee on the CCP.

Tom’s Hardware · Dec 6, 2024

U.S. ratchets up sanctions to curtail China's AI and military tech — no more HBM memory for China

U.S. sanctions designed to restrict China's ability to import technologies to advance of its AI and military capabilities have been strengthened for the third time.

Tom’s Hardware · Dec 2, 2024

Huawei's homegrown AI chip examined — Chinese fab SMIC-produced Ascend 910B is massively different from the TSMC-produced Ascend 910

Huawei's Ascend 910B is massively bigger than the original Ascend 910 but has fewer cores.

Tom’s Hardware · Nov 29, 2024

US to reportedly sanction 200 more Chinese chip firms — high bandwidth memory might also see export bans

The latest round of US sanctions imposes tighter control over the export of US technology to 200 more chip makers in China.

Tom’s Hardware · Nov 25, 2024

China's chipmaking champion soars amid country's push for self-reliance — SMIC's stock jumps 120% as semiconductor trade war intensifies

SMIC's stock price have doubled over the past two month over the expectation of increasing local demand.

Tom’s Hardware · Nov 20, 2024

US sanctions freeze Huawei's Ascend AI chips on older 7nm process node that's eight years behind TSMC, stalling progress until at least 2026

US-led export restrictions are taking a toll on Huawei's AI Ascend and Kirin chips - now stuck at 7nm until 2026.

Tom’s Hardware · Nov 20, 2024

US Congressman accuses SMIC of making 7nm chips for China, violating U.S. sanctions

Michael McCaul accuses SMIC of evading U.S. sanctions, helping Huawei, calls for investigation and more stringent export controls.

Tom’s Hardware · Nov 8, 2024