- Reuters
Exclusive-Huawei's new phone uses more China-made parts, memory chip
SHENZHEN/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Huawei's latest high-end phone features more Chinese suppliers, including a new flash memory storage chip and an improved chip processor, a teardown analysis showed, pointing to the progress China is making towards technology self-sufficiency. Online tech repair company iFixit and consultancy TechSearch International examined the inside of Huawei Technologies' Pura 70 Pro for Reuters, finding a NAND memory chip they said was likely packaged by the Chinese telecoms equipment maker's in-house chip unit HiSilicon and several other components made by Chinese suppliers.
- Reuters
SK Hynix to sell 50% stake in China foundry unit to Chinese enterprise -Korea Economic Daily
South Korea's SK Hynix has agreed to sell its nearly 50% stake in its foundry unit based in China to a Chinese state-owned enterprise, according to regulatory filings and media reports. SK Hynix System IC said in a regulatory filing that it plans to sell a 21.3% stake in its foundry unit in Wuxi to China's state-owned Wuxi Industry Development Group Company for 205.4 billion won ($150.81 million). In a separate filing, SK Hynix System IC said it will also sell its intangible assets, including process technology to its Wuxi unit for 123.8 billion won.
- Fortune
AI boom still running hot as SK Hynix says its already sold majority of its 2025 allotment of high-bandwidth memory chips
Comments from CEO of SK Hynix, the world's second largest memory chipmaker, suggest the shortage of AI-related chips isn't ending anytime soon.
