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Chinese AI-Compute Upstart Suiyuan Clears STAR Market IPO Hurdle, Seeks Rmb6bn to Build Homegrown GPU Stack
Shanghai Suiyuan Technology’s STAR Market IPO has been accepted as it seeks Rmb6 billion to scale AI accelerator cards, clusters and integrated solutions. Backed by Tencent and state-affiliated investors, the company sits at the intersection of China’s push for domestic AI compute capacity and growing demand for alternatives to Western GPUs.
Alibaba to Float T‑Head Chip Unit as AI Hardware Ambitions Boost Shares
Alibaba plans to take its AI‑chip unit T‑Head public, a move that boosted the parent company’s U.S. pre‑market shares. The listing aims to fund and legitimise Alibaba’s push into in‑house AI accelerators, but faces manufacturing, software and competitive hurdles amid broader geopolitics over semiconductors.
Alibaba Open‑Sources Qwen3‑TTS, Bringing Multilingual Voice Cloning to Developers
Alibaba’s Qwen team has open‑sourced Qwen3‑TTS, a family of text‑to‑speech models in 1.7B and 0.6B sizes supporting voice cloning and multilingual, dialect‑aware synthesis. The release aims to broaden developer access and accelerate voice applications while raising urgent questions about misuse, detection and governance.
Guangzhou Greenlights a 12‑inch Fab to Serve China’s AI and Automotive Chip Rush
Yuexin Semiconductor has started Phase IV of its Guangzhou project with a RMB 25.2 billion plan for a 12‑inch mixed‑signal fab capable of producing 40,000 wafers per month. The facility targets surging demand in AI, edge AI, industrial and automotive electronics, reflecting China’s strategy to build domestic, application‑focused chip capacity.
Guangzhou's Yuexin Kicks Off 12‑inch Fab to Supply AI, Auto and Industrial Chips — A RMB25.2bn Bet on Specialty Silicon
Yuexin Semiconductor has started a RMB25.2 billion Phase‑IV project in Guangzhou to build a 12‑inch, mixed‑signal specialty wafer fab with a monthly capacity of 40,000 wafers (about 480,000 a year). The plant aims to serve booming demand in AI, industrial and automotive electronics, reflecting China’s broader push to strengthen domestic semiconductor supply chains for strategic and commercial reasons.
China’s Yushu Says It Shipped Over 5,500 Humanoids in 2025—A Faster Commercial Roll‑out Than Analysts Expected
Yushu Technology announced it shipped over 5,500 humanoid robots in 2025 and produced more than 6,500 humanoid bodies, figures that exceed Omdia’s forecast by about 31%. The company is scaling manufacturing, expanding retail channels with JD.com, and preparing for a domestic IPO after reporting profitable 2024 revenue above RMB 1 billion.
NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang Says AI Build‑out Could Lift Tradespeople Into Six‑Figure Pay Brackets
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang warned that the build‑out of AI infrastructure will push demand for on‑site skilled trades—electricians, plumbers and HVAC technicians—so high that they could earn six‑figure annual salaries. The observation underscores that AI’s expansion creates major labour and logistical pressures in the physical infrastructure layer, with implications for wages, training and the costs of deploying large models.
China Hits 20 Million Charging Connectors — A Milestone That Rewrites the EV Playing Field
China’s EV charging network has surpassed 20 million connectors, a sign of the country’s rapid electrification. The milestone improves access for drivers and underpins further EV adoption, but it also brings challenges in grid management, geographic disparity and commercial sustainability.
Nvidia Overtakes Apple as TSMC’s Biggest Client, Underscoring AI’s Grip on the Chip Supply Chain
Jensen Huang confirmed that Nvidia has become TSMC’s largest customer, replacing Apple. The shift reflects booming demand for AI accelerators, with implications for TSMC’s capacity allocation, industry pricing power, and geopolitical supply‑chain risk.
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang at Davos: AI Is Not a Bubble—It’s a Trillion‑Dollar Infrastructure Build
At Davos, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang argued that current AI spending is the start of a vast infrastructure build rather than a speculative bubble, outlining a five‑layer model from energy to applications. He predicted trillions in additional investment, flagged GPU shortages and supply‑chain pressures, and pushed for national "AI sovereignty" while saying automation will create high‑paid technical roles even as some white‑collar jobs are displaced.
Apple to Recast Siri as a System‑Level Chatbot — Powered by Google’s Gemini Under the Hood
Apple will relaunch Siri as a system‑level, conversational AI called "Campos," to be unveiled at WWDC in June and shipped with iOS 27 in September. The assistant will be multimodal and deeply integrated with system apps, but its underlying model will be a customised Google Gemini running on Google Cloud and TPUs, a pragmatic deal that raises privacy, competition and strategic‑dependency questions.
Chinese Researchers Report New Refrigeration Effect That Could Cut Data‑centre Carbon Costs
Chinese scientists have reported a new refrigeration phenomenon, the "dissolution‑pressure card effect," in Nature, which could inform low‑carbon cooling solutions for energy‑hungry data centres. The discovery is scientifically notable but requires engineering, validation and scale‑up before it can deliver concrete operational or climate benefits.