Year: 2025

Comprehensive Ban on AI Chips? NVIDIA and AMD Face U.S. Restrictions, Do We Have Domestic Alternatives?

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Comprehensive Ban on AI Chips? NVIDIA and AMD Face U.S. Restrictions, Do We Have Domestic Alternatives?

Recently, the U.S. government has implemented the strictest chip ban in history, restricting NVIDIA’s H100, A100, and other AI chips from entering the Chinese market. This ban directly impacts the global technology industry, especially NVIDIA’s performance, as the Chinese market represents a significant “cake” for NVIDIA. In response to this predicament, NVIDIA, showing both wisdom … Read more

Localization of Analog Chips: A Hard Battle We Must Fight

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Localization of Analog Chips: A Hard Battle We Must Fight

Hello everyone, today let’s talk about the localization of analog chips: a hard battle we must fight! To put it simply, chips are like the rice we eat every day, with foreign brands dominating the market, and our own production is still insufficient. Especially for analog chips, which are the “electronic staple food”; without them, … Read more

The Chip Crisis: New US Commerce Secretary’s Bold Statements Against China

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The Chip Crisis: New US Commerce Secretary's Bold Statements Against China

The tech industry has recently been buzzing!First, chip giant NVIDIA suddenly imposed an “indefinite sales ban“, saying goodbye to its latest H20 chip, which will no longer be sold to China, Israel, and a few other countries!Over in the Netherlands, they seemed to have a “telepathic” connection, immediately following suit by announcing restrictions on the … Read more

Why the First Tape-Out Success Rate of Chips Has Significantly Decreased

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Why the First Tape-Out Success Rate of Chips Has Significantly Decreased

(This article is translated from Semiconductor Engineering) As the complexity of chips continues to increase, chip manufacturers are shifting from single-chip designs to multi-chip components, requiring more iterations, and the increasing level of customization makes design and verification work more time-consuming. Consequently, the first tape-out success rate of chips is sharply declining. Details from a … Read more

Breaking Foreign Monopoly! China Achieves Full Chain Technology Autonomy in Brain-Computer Interface Chip Field

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Breaking Foreign Monopoly! China Achieves Full Chain Technology Autonomy in Brain-Computer Interface Chip Field

On April 18, the School of Biomedical Engineering at Hainan University officially released its self-developed core technology and series of products for implantable brain-computer interfaces (BCI), including globally leading BCI-specific chips, neural signal acquisition systems, neural signal modulation systems, and neuron positioning systems. Regarding the significant implications of this breakthrough, domestic analysts have stated that … Read more

The Role and Process of Chip Packaging and Testing

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The Role and Process of Chip Packaging and Testing

Click the blue text to follow usProducts in the market generally go through three stages: design, manufacturing, and packaging.Packaging and testing involve cutting qualified wafers produced, wire bonding, and encapsulating them to achieve electrical connections between the chip circuits and external devices, providing mechanical and physical protection for the chips. Additionally, testing tools provided by … Read more

Performance Comparison Analysis of Qualcomm’s High-End Chips QC6490/610/6125/5430

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Performance Comparison Analysis of Qualcomm's High-End Chips QC6490/610/6125/5430

1. Product Overview and Positioning The Qualcomm QCS series includes four high-end chips (QCS6490, QCS610, QCS6125, QCS5430) aimed at industrial IoT, edge computing, smart cameras, and other scenarios, with significant differentiated features: For detailed charts, please click to enlarge For detailed charts, please click to enlarge High-end Performance: QCS6490 Long-term Cost-Effectiveness: QCS610/QCS5430 Basic Imaging Solution: … Read more

Jensen Huang’s Urgent Visit to China: Is NVIDIA Stepping in Amid AI Chip Export Ban?

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Jensen Huang's Urgent Visit to China: Is NVIDIA Stepping in Amid AI Chip Export Ban?

On April 17, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang rushed to Beijing, marking his second visit to China in just three months. The urgency of this visit was triggered by the U.S. government’s sudden announcement on April 9, imposing “indefinite export controls” on NVIDIA’s H20 chip designed specifically for the Chinese market. This news hit the capital … Read more

RISC-V to Drive Diversification in the Chip Ecosystem Under AI Influence

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RISC-V to Drive Diversification in the Chip Ecosystem Under AI Influence

Overview of the Overall Market Size of RISC-V Processors RISC-V is an open standard instruction set architecture based on research from the Parallel Computing Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley. Since the establishment of the RISC-V Foundation (now renamed RISC-V International) in 2015, it has had 36 founding members; today, the organization has over … Read more

NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang Visits China Again: The $16 Billion H20 Chip Order Behind Computing Power Anxiety

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NVIDIA's Jensen Huang Visits China Again: The $16 Billion H20 Chip Order Behind Computing Power Anxiety

Before the Storm: A Global Shock Triggered by a Chip Ban On the night of April 17, 2025, at the VIP passage of Beijing Capital International Airport, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang appeared hurriedly in his signature leather jacket. This was his second secret visit to China in three months, with a low-key itinerary but hidden … Read more