Chinese company accused of shipping kamikaze drone parts to Russia through elaborate re-selling and rebranding scheme By Mark Tyson published January 7, 2025 Elaborate Chinese rebranding scheme, which was used to funnel glide bomb and kamikaze drone components to Russia, is uncovered.
TSMC custom employee-exclusive suitcases are sold online for as high as $16,700 By Mark Tyson published May 24, 2025 TSMC’s new custom-designed employee-exclusive 20-inch suitcase is awesome to behold, but some resellers are asking too much.
Pentagon now considers China's 3D NAND maker YMTC a 'military company' — designation bars company from using US-designed chipmaking equipment By Anton Shilov published February 2, 2024 Pentagon believes that Yangtze Memory could be supporting China's military complex.
Raspberry Pi Detects Ghost Aircraft Using SDR By Ash Hill published December 9, 2023 Angelina Tsuboi is using a Raspberry Pi to detect false aircraft using SDR and a little help from AI to sort the real planes from the fake ones.
Chinese researchers use low-cost Nvidia chip for hypersonic weapon —unrestricted Nvidia Jetson TX2i powers guidance system By Anton Shilov published April 17, 2024 Nvidia's Jetson TX2i system-on-chip is good enough for hypersonic weapons.
Two Chinese nationals charged in US with trying to export banned semiconductor machinery to China — one arrested in Chicago By Dallin Grimm published April 26, 2024 Two Chinese nationals were charged of being part of a scheme to illegally smuggle semiconductor processing machinery out of the US to China, breaking export law.
TSMC Expects to Get Permanent Approval to Equip Chinese Fab (Updated) By Anton Shilov published October 13, 2023 TSMC got a waiver to equip its Nanjing fab in China with U.S. tools, but it wants a permanent permission.
Raspberry Pi Tracks Planes With ADS-B Receiver By Ash Hill published July 24, 2023 _G4M3R_ has put together a sweet ADS-B receiver in their attic to track nearby airplanes using our favorite SBC, the Raspberry Pi.
Chinese Chip Design Software Devs Receive Massive Government Support By Anton Shilov published November 6, 2023 Chinese government subsidies boost domestic developers of EDA tools to increase their competitive positions.
China state-backed firm is first to 3D print a micro turbojet engine, and not just for show — new design delivers 160 kg of thrust, successfully tested at 13,000 ft altitude By Ash Hill published July 7, 2025 The Aero Engine Corporation of China (AECC) has 3D printed a small turbojet engine and successfully proved its design with a test flight.
China's First 28nm Lithography Tool to Be Delivered This Year By Anton Shilov published October 5, 2023 China's most advanced domestic scanner.
YouTubers Give New Meaning to 'Air Printing' By Denise Bertacchi published March 12, 2025 YouTubers mount an Elegoo Centauri Carbon on an RC plane and print while flying.
Chinese GPU-Maker Moore Threads Preps New GPUs Despite Ban By Anton Shilov published October 18, 2023 Moore Threads, which landed on the U.S. Entity List yesterday, is already testing next-generation MTT S90 and MTT S4000 graphics processors.
New smartphone SIM card has faster embedded CPU core — single RISC-V core claimed to help deliver 10x storage, 10x faster transfers, improved security By Dallin Grimm published June 27, 2024 This is China Mobile's new 'super SIM card.'
Chinese semiconductor production equipment makers set sales records By Anton Shilov published January 24, 2025 Sales of China-based makers of chipmaking tools AMEC, Naura, and ACM Research expect record sales in 2024 amid curbs for Western companies to supply to China.
China's chipmaking tool purchases skyrocket — imports up 256% in the face of intensifying U.S. sanctions By Anton Shilov published March 28, 2024 Chinese companies accelerate procurement of ASML's litho tools in January and February.
China's YMTC Boosts SSDs With 232-Layer 3D NAND Memory By Anton Shilov published August 4, 2023 SSDs based on YMTC's leading-edge 232-layer 3D NAND readily available in China.
DJI sues Pentagon over 'Chinese military company' designation — seeking to protect its business and reputation By Kunal Khullar published October 20, 2024 The lawsuit shows DJI taking a proactive stance as it confronts increasing pressure from Congress to ban its drones from operating in the U.S.
Chinese PCIe 5.0 SSD tested with speeds up to 14.5 GB/s — Zhitai TiPro9000 sports 5th Gen YMTC 3D NAND and SMI SM2508 controller By Anton Shilov published December 25, 2024 Zhitai's TiPro9000 SSD with 5th Gen YMTC 3D NAND and Silicon Motion SM2508 SSD controller benchmarked, appears to be one of the fastest client drives around.
Blower-style RTX 5090D leaked on Bilibili — two-slot GPU design built for AI rigs By Jowi Morales published April 18, 2025 A blower-style RTX 5090D has been leaked on Bilibili, showing a two-slot design that's likely built for multi-GPU setups.
Taiwan accuses Chinese chip manufacturing tool companies of poaching engineers from Taiwanese companies By Anton Shilov published September 3, 2024 Taiwanese intelligence says that Naura Technology and others illegally poach engineers from Taiwanese high-tech firms to boost the Chinese semiconductor industry.
Singapore police bust major ring smuggling Nvidia GPUs to China-based DeepSeek: Report By Anton Shilov published February 28, 2025 China-based Deepseek illegally obtains Nvidia GPUs from Singapore, claim new media reports.
Chinese GPU maker reveals new workstation GPU for the domestic market — Moore Threads MTT X300 uses the same hardware as the gaming-focused MTT S80 By Matthew Connatser published December 30, 2024 The X300 is Moore Threads’ newest professional GPU, though we’ve seen the underlying hardware before.
Chinese CPU maker Zhaoxin rolls out DeepSeek support to all processors — entire product lineup now runs DeepSeek LLMs natively By Dallin Grimm published February 25, 2025 Zhaoxin, a Chinese CPU OEM, has announced that its full processor family fully supports DeepSeek models with parameters ranging from 1.5B to 671B.
Top semiconductor toolmaker launches talent competition in China — ASML is looking for 16 skilled lithography engineers By Anton Shilov published June 27, 2025 ASML launches an online competition in China to boost lithography awareness and recruit talented engineers for its operations in the country.
New Chinese drone can fly as long as the sun shines — solar-powered device with 200mm wingspan weighs record-breaking 4.21g By Mark Tyson published July 21, 2024 Electrostatic motor made this super-light self-powered drone possible.
Washington D.C. gets AI-enabled air defense camera upgrade — new system replaces 22-year-old cameras installed after 9/11 By Jowi Morales published November 27, 2024 The U.S. is getting new air defense cameras that use machine learning to help track and identify aircraft flying in or around the Washington metropolitan area.
US DoD adds CXMT, CATL, Tencent to list of companies suspected of aiding the Chinese military By Anton Shilov published January 6, 2025 The U.S. Defense Department adds CXMT, CATL, and Tencent to the Section 1260H.
South Korean chipmaking tool firms increase their sales into China, capitalizing on U.S. sanctions against the PRC By Anton Shilov published December 10, 2023 As the U.S., Netherlands, and Japan restrict sales of advanced fab tools to China, South Korea-based Nextin continues to supply Chinese companies with sophisticated inspection equipment.
ASML to Install 600 DUV Chipmaking Tools in China by 2025 (Updated) By Anton Shilov published November 3, 2023 The total number of ASML's DUV tools in China set to reach 600 units by late 2025 to early 2026.