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  • Huawei demonstrates ray-tracing rendering technology

    Huawei recently released a video in Bilibili demonstrating ray tracing rendering technology and claimed it will open up infinite possibilities for mobile game graphics quality.

  • NetEase announces entry into video industry, investing $155 million to support creators

    NetEase today announced its entry into the video space and will invest RMB 1 billion ($155 million) to support creators, becoming the latest Internet giant to aim to capture users' video viewing time.

  • Cambricon's first AI training chip starts mass production with TSMC's 7nm process

    The MLU 290 smart chip is Cambricon's first training chip, using TSMC's 7nm process, integrating 46 billion transistors. It supports AI training, inference, or hybrid AI compute acceleration tasks.

  • OnePlus and OPPO R&D departments merge, retain software features

    The R&D departments of Chinese smartphone makers OnePlus and OPPO have merged, with offers for new employees in R&D positions being made by OPPO rather than OnePlus.

  • MediaTek becomes largest smartphone chip supplier in China

    In the first half of 2020, ahead of MediaTek were HiSilicon and Qualcomm, but HiSilicon suffered a setback in shipments because of factors such as US sanctions.

  • WeChat to launch its own input method to protect user privacy

    WeChat will soon have its own input method, not to capture the input method market, but to protect user privacy, Allen Zhang, "father of WeChat," said at the 2021 WeChat Open Class PRO event on January 19.

  • Baidu reportedly plans to file for HK listing after Chinese New Year

    Baidu started the process of secondary listing in Hong Kong on January 20 and plans to formally submit its listing application in Hong Kong after the Chinese New Year, according to Tencent News.

  • After Douyin, Pinduoduo is not far from launching payment service

    After the launch of "Douyin Pay" by Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, another Chinese tech giant, Pinduoduo, may be close to launching its payment service.

  • China Mobile says it has 165 million 5G subscribers

    China Mobile's 5G subscription customer base grew by a net 17.621 million in December 2020 to reach a cumulative 165.03 million, according to figures released by the company today.

  • MiTalk, Xiaomi's chat app that predates WeChat, to stop service in a month

    When Xiaomi was founded, its founder Lei Jun saw a business opportunity in the chat software market and released MiTalk for Android in December 2010. WeChat was born only a month later, on January 21, 2011.