Huawei rumors, sky-high AI startup valuations, face-swapping, RISC-V ambitions and cancer genomics - plus, who earns what in China's chip sector
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Scout is ETO's discovery tool for Chinese-language news and commentary on technology issues. See the latest editors’ picks, browse the feed by topic, or sign up for customized e-mail alerts at https://scout.eto.tech.- A roundup of typical salaries paid by different companies in the Chinese semiconductor industry, with chip design leading the table. (36kr, 08/29/24) https://scout.eto.tech?id=3754
- The new Deep-Live-Cam software tool simplifies "face-swapping," sparking both interest and significant concern in China as AI-enabled frauds skyrocket. (36kr, 08/28/24) https://scout.eto.tech?id=3747
- China Mobile's record-breaking Harbin AI computing center will officially open on August 30 with 18,000 AI accelerator cards. (EE Times China, 08/22/24) https://scout.eto.tech?id=3705
- China surpassed 10 million charging stations in July 2024, but persistent obstacles include profitability, uneven distribution of chargers, and difficulties building out private charging infrastructure. (36kr, 08/20/24) https://scout.eto.tech?id=3726
- A Peking University professor shares his vision for leveraging RISC-V to build a software ecosystem for AI chip development that rivals NVIDIA's CUDA empire. (EE Times China, 08/19/24) https://scout.eto.tech?id=3722
- Chinese generative AI apps are gaining traction overseas, with several Chinese-developed apps breaking the top ten in the U.S. AI app market. (36kr, 08/14/24) https://scout.eto.tech?id=3703
- After massive summer funding rounds, many of China's AI unicorn startups are valued over 20 billion yuan, increasing pressure to deliver returns - and raising the risk of missteps along the way. (36kr, 08/10/24) https://scout.eto.tech?id=3721
- BGI and Uppsala University used Swedish samples and Chinese sequencing equipment to produce a large-scale genomic analysis of colorectal cancer samples, indentifying key prognostic factors. (S&T Daily, 08/08/24) https://scout.eto.tech?id=3695
- Kai-Fu Lee’s "unicorn" startup, 01.ai, raised hundreds of millions of dollars in an international financing round including international strategic investors and a Southeast Asian consortium. (36kr, 08/07/24) https://scout.eto.tech?id=3685
- Shenzhen city government released a broad new AI action plan, emphasizing IoT, autonomous vehicles, and smart home tech; public AI cloud computing capacity; and infrastructure for data sharing. (Zhidx, 08/07/24) https://scout.eto.tech?id=3720
- Rumor has it that Huawei's upcoming chips will include a new laptop processor, accelerated to market in response to U.S. sanctions, with performance comparable to Apple's M3. (EE Times China, 08/05/24) https://scout.eto.tech?id=3688
- Chinese chip equipment executives discussed their recent achievements and challenges, future strategies, and the importance of talent and government policy at a wide-ranging August roundtable. (Zhidx, 08/05/24) https://scout.eto.tech?id=3733
- Guangdong Province's new AI strategy aims to expand provincial computing infrastructure by 50% and bolster a wide variety of AI-related local industries. (CSET curation, 06/04/24) https://scout.eto.tech?id=3739
- A commentary by Chinese scientists on the long-running 863 Program, its successes, and its lessons for China's current science and tech efforts. (CSET curation, 05/01/24) https://scout.eto.tech?id=3740