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China’s Huawei reveals chip design breakthrough amid US sanctions

The company’s Ascend chip series has become increasingly central to powering Chinese artificial intelligence models

The timing of DeepSeek’s announcement gives Beijing fresh confidence entering trade talks that US export controls on Nvidia chips have not derailed China’s AI development.

Chinese AI firms push beyond Nvidia as DeepSeek turns to Huawei

The Chinese tech giant has said that it plans to release a chip for training this year

DeepSeek is in financing talks now with some of the country’s biggest tech names.

China’s chip fund in talks to lead DeepSeek funding: FT

The Big Fund is a backer of some of the country’s largest chip players

The scramble for Huawei’s chips underscores how DeepSeek’s V4 release last week has turbocharged demand for domestic Chinese AI hardware.

Big Chinese tech firms scramble to secure Huawei AI chips after DeepSeek V4 launch: sources

Internet firms including ByteDance, Tencent and Alibaba are reaching out about Ascend 950 orders

The two-megapixel headlights can also beam crosswalk and navigation arrows on the ground.

China’s car headlights can project movies like drive-in theatres

The market for such advanced lighting systems is expected to roughly double over the coming decade, according to Intelmarket Research

Chinese vendors collectively shipped 1.65 million cards, accounting for 41% of the total market

Chinese chipmakers claim nearly half of local market as Nvidia’s lead shrinks

Beijing pushes domestic chips over foreign tech to cut dependence and bolster local alternatives

Huawei continued to allocate significant resources to research and development to mitigate the effects of ongoing US sanctions.

Huawei posts slower annual revenue growth of 2.2% 

The 2025 result marks the company’s second-highest annual revenue

Huawei plans to ship around 750,000 of its new AI chip this year, say two sources.

Huawei’s new AI chip finds favour with ByteDance, Alibaba which plan to place orders: sources

The 950PR is more compatible with Nvidia’s software system and has better response speeds

The broader memory cost crunch is forecast to persist throughout 2026, forcing handset makers into difficult trade-offs between managing costs, protecting margins and hitting shipment targets.

Apple’s China smartphone sales jump 23% to start 2026, bucking industry trend

The US tech giant’s tight grip on its supply chain leaves it better placed than rivals to absorb the impact of soaring memory chip costs