China-made Chips

  • China-made Loongson 3A processors see over 300,000 shipments, have served 10 BeiDou satellites

    Bai Chunli, President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said today that more than 300,000 Loongson 3A processors have been sold and the embedded Loongson chip has been successfully used in 10 BeiDou navigation satellites.

  • Yangtze Memory sub-brand ZHITAI launches SSDs with write speeds of up to 2,900MB/s

    ZHITA, a sub-brand of China's top memory chipmaker Yangtze Memory, released two SSDs for the first time on September 10. Among the new products, one is the PC005 Active drive with PCIe technology and the other is the SC001 Active drive with SATA  interface.

  • SMIC shares hit new low since IPO, market capitalization down 150 billion yuan from July's high

    As China's largest and most advanced semiconductor manufacturing company, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC),  was pinned on high expectations. However, today, more than a month after its listing on China's A-share market, the company's share price fell to a new low, losing 150 billion yuan in market value.

  • China's chip imports expected to exceed $300 billion this year

    China's 2020 chip imports are expected to remain above $300 billion for the third consecutive year, said Wei Shaojun, deputy director of the China Semiconductor Industry Association, at the World Semiconductor Congress in Nanjing.

  • Linux Lab starts full support for Loongson development environment

    The "Linux Lab" open source project has recently been adapted to the Loongson development environment with the support of Loongson Technology's embedded division, the Chinese chip maker said on its WeChat account.

  • Chinese firm announces its 2nd-gen server CPU with 26 cores and 52 threads

    Montage Technology, a China-based provider of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor solutions, has announced its second generation Jintide CPU and also showcased several server models based on the CPU from its server OEM partners.

  • Over 100 TSMC engineers move to work in Chinese mainland companies, Nikkei says

    More than 100 veteran engineers and managers from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), the world's leading chipmaker, have been hired by two Chinese chip companies since last year, the Nikkei Asian Review reported on Wednesday.

  • Huawei source says hasn't heard of 'Tashan Project' rumored for chip making

    Chinese newspaper thepaper.cn quoted an unnamed source from Huawei's chip-designing arm HiSilicon as saying that he has not heard of the "Tashan Project” after an earlier report said Huawei has launched the project to make its foray into semiconductor manufacturing.

  • Huawei reportedly launches 'Tashan Project' to build 45nm chip production line this year

    Huawei has launched the "Tashan Project" to make its foray into semiconductor manufacturing and is ready to build a chip production line without US technology, according to the latest information posted on Weibo.

  • Teclast to launch entry-level tablet with UNISOC's 12 nm process-based chip

    Chinese digital product maker Teclast on Tuesday said it will soon launch the M40 Android tablet with the Tiger T618 processor which is made by UNISOC, the China-based supplier of mobile communications chipsets and IoT chipsets.