China-made Chips

China-made CPUs have come a long way in the past few years, and the GPU gap with AMD and NVIDIA is far behind that of CPU. But Changsha Jingjia Micro recently said that the company's next-generation GPU is progressing well and is entering the back-end design phase.

Beijing Pinecone Electronics Co., Ltd. has changed its business name and is now renamed Beijing Xiaomi Pinecone Electronics Co., which is 100% owned by Xiaomi Communications Co.

In the second half of last year, there were reports that Vivo was going to enter the field of mobile phone chips. Vivo denied this, however, saying it's a misreading.

On May 8, Chinese firm IP3 Technology and Shanghai Zhaoxin launched new products based on 16nm China-made x86 processor including desktops, all-in-one PCs, MINI-PC, laptops, ruggedized notebooks and industrial control machines.

On May 6, China Telecom released its 2020 server procurement announcement. China Telecom released China Telecom server centralized procurement project goods tender centralized pre-qualification announcement.

Not long ago, Cambricon Technologies, one of China's most valuable AI chip firms, reported a sharp decline in its 2019 results as disclosed in its prospectus, prompting inquiries from the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

Pingtouge, Alibaba's semiconductor subsidiary, is expected to be TSMC's main customer, Digitimes reported today citing industry sources.

Chinese PC maker IPASON launched two PCs based on the Kaixian KX-6000 series processor platform, named Taishan and Huashan, CPU maker Zhaoxin said today.

Phison Electronics' full line of control chips support Yangtze Memory's 3D NAND, which will boost the vendor's SSD products with China-made particles, the company said today.

In the first quarter of this year, Huawei HiSilicon sales increased 54% year-on-year, becoming the first Chinese mainland semiconductor supplier to enter the top 10 in global sales, according to the latest data released by IC Insights.