Four things you need to know about China’s AI talent pool 

Here’s an inside look into ASML’s factory and how it managed to dominate advanced chipmaking. (MIT Technology Review) 2. Hong Kong passed a tough national security law that makes it more dangerous to protest Beijing’s rule. (BBC) 3. A new bill in France suggests imposing hefty fines on Shein and similar ultrafast-fashion companies for their …

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Who do you think is the best smartphone manufacturer?

Smartphones vary in size, specs, processing power, and more; however, the biggest difference between devices isn’t the handsets themselves but the manufacturers who make them. In Canada, the number of manufacturers who develop phones is decreasing as each year passes by. The country’s big stars include Apple, Samsung, and Google, but OnePlus, Nothing, Motorola, ZTE, …

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US weighs sanctioning Huawei’s secretive Chinese chip network

The Biden administration is considering blacklisting a number of Chinese semiconductor firms linked to Huawei Technologies Co. after the telecom giant notched a significant technological breakthrough last year, people familiar with the matter said. Such a move would mark another escalation in a US campaign to ringfence and curtail Beijing’s AI and semiconductor ambitions. It …

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Huawei’s decline is the worst thing that could’ve happened to Samsung

HUAWEI has been subject to a US trade ban for over four years now, resulting in the company losing access to key hardware suppliers, Google services, 5G connectivity (until recently), and more. One major side-effect is that HUAWEI has tumbled from its number two position globally. The sanctions and HUAWEI’s subsequent decline haven’t only affected …

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Why China is betting big on chiplets

But this approach to chipmaking poses a bigger challenge for another sector of the semiconductor industry: packaging, which is the process that assembles multiple components of a chip and tests the finished device’s performance. Making sure multiple chiplets can work together requires more sophisticated packaging techniques than those involved in a traditional single-piece chip. The …

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Huawei is allegedly building a self-sufficient chip network using state investment fund

We’ve seen Huawei’s surprising strides with its recent smartphones — especially the in-house 7nm 5G processor within, but apparently the company has been working on something far more significant to bypass the US import ban. According to a new Bloomberg investigation, a Shenzhen city government investment fund created in 2019 has been helping Huawei build …

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