AI firms train abroad to bypass export controls

Chinese firms are bypassing US chip bans not by smuggling silicon but by flying training data overseas and using rented Nvidia-powered servers in Malaysia to do the heavy lifting.

Model O Eternal lands everywhere except home turf

Texas-based Glorious has flung its latest gaming mouse across the globe but left its own backyard out in the cold.

Worried that Apple might get Chinese intelligence

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple’s plan to launch its flashy new artificial intelligence kit in China is going nowhere fast, thanks to regulators in Beijing dragging their feet. The snag seems to stem from an unfortunate side effect of Donald Trump’s trade war.

Chinese tech firms face chip design disruption under new export rules

Chinese tech companies designing advanced chips in Taiwan are facing fresh barriers as the US tightens restrictions on critical software tools used in chip design.

Nvidia ban forces pivot to homegrown silicon

China's top tech outfits are being forced to kick their dependency on Nvidia and shift to homegrown AI chips, as US export curbs and a dwindling stockpile of H20 processors squeeze their options.

Export restrictions are helping not hindering the Chinese

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang slammed the export controls on his outfit saying that they were counterproductive and helping the Chinese fight off US compeition. 

AMD lets Hydons be Hygons

China has stirred the silicon pot again, and fused CPU design and server manufacturing into a single beast with ambitions far beyond web hosting.

Blackwell-based B40 set to dodge export bans with cheaper silicon

Following yet another US clampdown on AI hardware, Nvidia is scrambling to keep its Chinese revenue stream alive with a watered-down Blackwell GPU called the B40.

Export controls are fuelling China’s AI boom

Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang has laid into the US government’s AI chip export bans, branding them “a failure” that’s doing the opposite of what Washington claims it wants.

Beijing data woes and Alibaba tie-up give Washington conniptions

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple might want to shove Apple Intelligence into every iPhone it sells, but doing that in China could turn into a diplomatic landmine.