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Experts say that SMIC’s South fab is the only factory with the capability to make the Mate 60's 7 nanometer chip
Local governments in Shanghai and Anhui will fund a variety of semiconductor-related projects this year — ranging from the development of DRAM chips to building facilities for chipmaking and its tools
Revelations about the amount of power and water needed for computers that power artificial intelligence have led to concern about AI's environmental impacts
US indictment seeks the arrest of two Russian cyber criminals after Britain's National Crime Agency infiltrated the gang's systems, stole their data, and took down Lockbit's site on the dark web
Europe’s solar panel, wind turbine and electric vehicle manufacturing sectors are all wilting in the face of increased competition from China
The globe’s biggest crypto coin has soared 22% in value this year after the US approved exchange-traded funds in the currency
ASML tools are used to make advanced semiconductors that can go into "high-value weapons systems and weapons of mass destruction,” a top Dutch official said
The failure of a Chinese rocket launch in April 2020 gave Elon Musk's SpaceX the opportunity to carry satellites for the Indonesian government
Researchers say Chinese propaganda "has increasingly sought to stoke existing US divisions in the same way Russia has"
Financial authorities in Beijing on Tuesday announced the country's biggest ever reduction in its benchmark mortgage rate
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With a market cap of$240 billion, chipmaker ASML is Europe’s most valuable tech company. Its market-leading position comes from its monopoly in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) machines which allow chipmakers to make smaller, faster and smarter semiconductors
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PaymentsCan China Take Place of SWIFT System? Analysts Say ‘No’There is no global payment system that is strong enough to act as an alternative to SWIFT and enable Russia to evade sanctions
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MarketsChina Becomes World’s Second-Biggest Bitcoin Mining HubThe Bitcoin mining ban in China last year had collapsed its crypto markets. Despite that, the country has reemerged as a major bitcoin mining hub, according to research by the UK's University of Cambridge.
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Market InsightsHere’s How China Can Win the Tech War With USAThe Chinese government is doubling down on incentives for innovation, which it believes to be the cornerstone of its future growth and international position.
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Fintech InsightsAsia Becomes the Epicentre of Global NFTsAsia is the frontrunner in the NFTs craze with Central and Southeast Asia accounting for 35% of the $22 billion in global trade
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