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Tech war: Huawei unveils algorithm that could cut China’s reliance on foreign memory chips
Tech war: Huawei unveils algorithm that could cut China’s reliance on foreign memory chips
South China Morning Post scmp.com Published: 5:00pm, 12 Aug 2025 - Chinese tech firms are leveraging software improvements to compensate for limited access to advanced hardware. Huawei Technologies has unveiled a software tool designed to accelerate inference in large artificial intelligence models, an advancement that could help China reduce its reliance on expensive high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips. Unified Cache Manager (UCM) is an algorithm that allocates data according to varying latency requirements across different types of memories – including ultra-fast HBM, standard dynamic random access memory and solid-state drive – thereby enhancing inference efficiency, according to Huawei executives at the Financial AI Reasoning Application Landing and Development Forum in Shanghai on Tuesday. Zhou Yuefeng, vice-president and head of Huawei’s data storage product line, said UCM demonstrated its effectiveness during tests, reducing inference latency by up to 90 per cent and increasing system throughput as much as 22-fold. The move exemplifies how Chinese tech firms are leveraging software improvements to compensate for limited access to advanced hardware. Earlier this year, Chinese start-up DeepSeek captured global attention by developing powerful AI models with constrained chip resources. Huawei plans to open-source UCM in September, first in its online developer community and later to the broader industry. The initiative could help China lessen its dependence on foreign-made HBM chips, a market mostly controlled by South Korea’s SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics, as well as the US supplier Micron Technology. HBM is a stacked, high-speed, low-latency memory that provides substantial data throughput to AI chips, enabling optimal performance. The global HBM market is projected to nearly double in revenue this year, reaching US$34 billion, and is expected to hit US$98 billion by 2030, largely driven by the AI boom, according to consulting firm Yole Group.
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Tech war: Huawei unveils algorithm that could cut China’s reliance on foreign memory chips
DeepSeek faces ban from Apple, Google app stores in Germany | Reuters
DeepSeek faces ban from Apple, Google app stores in Germany | Reuters
Germany's data protection commissioner has asked Apple and Google to remove Chinese AI startup DeepSeek from their app stores in the country due to concerns about data protection, following a similar crackdown elsewhere. Germany says DeepSeek illegally transfers user data to China Apple and Google must now review Germany's request * Italy blocked DeepSeek app earlier this year FRANKFURT, June 27 (Reuters) - Germany's data protection commissioner has asked Apple (AAPL.O), opens new tab and Google (GOOGL.O), opens new tab to remove Chinese AI startup DeepSeek from their app stores in the country due to concerns about data protection, following a similar crackdown elsewhere. Commissioner Meike Kamp said in a statement on Friday that she had made the request because DeepSeek illegally transfers users' personal data to China. The two U.S. tech giants must now review the request promptly and decide whether to block the app in Germany, she added, though her office has not set a precise timeframe. Google said it had received the notice and was reviewing it. DeepSeek did not respond to a request for comment. Apple was not immediately available for comment. According to its own privacy policy, opens new tab, DeepSeek stores numerous pieces of personal data, such as requests to its AI programme or uploaded files, on computers in China. "DeepSeek has not been able to provide my agency with convincing evidence that German users' data is protected in China to a level equivalent to that in the European Union," Kamp said. "Chinese authorities have far-reaching access rights to personal data within the sphere of influence of Chinese companies," she added.
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DeepSeek faces ban from Apple, Google app stores in Germany | Reuters
Exclusive: DeepSeek aids China's military and evaded export controls, US official says
Exclusive: DeepSeek aids China's military and evaded export controls, US official says
AI firm DeepSeek is aiding China's military and intelligence operations, a senior U.S. official told Reuters, adding that the Chinese tech startup sought to use Southeast Asian shell companies to access high-end semiconductors that cannot be shipped to China under U.S. rules. The U.S. conclusions reflect a growing conviction in Washington that the capabilities behind the rapid rise of one of China's flagship AI enterprises may have been exaggerated and relied heavily on U.S. technology. Hangzhou-based DeepSeek sent shockwaves through the technology world in January, saying its artificial intelligence reasoning models were on par with or better than U.S. industry-leading models at a fraction of the cost. "We understand that DeepSeek has willingly provided and will likely continue to provide support to China's military and intelligence operations," a senior State Department official told Reuters in an interview. "This effort goes above and beyond open-source access to DeepSeek's AI models," the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity in order to speak about U.S. government information. The U.S. government's assessment of DeepSeek's activities and links to the Chinese government have not been previously reported and come amid a wide-scale U.S.-China trade war.
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Exclusive: DeepSeek aids China's military and evaded export controls, US official says