{"id":108766,"date":"2025-10-06T10:21:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T07:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/business\/?p=108766"},"modified":"2025-10-06T10:22:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T07:22:11","slug":"how-china-is-challenging-nvidias-ai-chip-dominance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/business\/2025\/10\/how-china-is-challenging-nvidias-ai-chip-dominance\/","title":{"rendered":"How China is challenging Nvidia&#8217;s AI chip dominance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 bPbmDW\" data-component=\"headline-block\"><\/div>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<div class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 jdlrvG\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\"><strong>OCT 16 &#8211; The US has dominated the global technology market for decades. But China wants to change that.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">The world&#8217;s second largest economy is pouring huge amounts of money into artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics. Crucially, Beijing is also investing heavily to produce the high-end chips that power these cutting-edge technologies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Last month, Jensen Huang &#8211; the boss of Silicon Valley-based AI chip giant Nvidia &#8211; warned that China was just &#8220;nanoseconds behind&#8221; the US in chip development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">So can Beijing match American technology and break its reliance on imported high-end chips?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 bPbmDW\" data-component=\"subheadline-block\">\n<h2 class=\"sc-f98b1ad2-0 fsBZby\">After DeepSeek<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 jdlrvG\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">China&#8217;s DeepSeek sent shockwaves through the tech world in 2024 when it launched\u00a0<a class=\"sc-f9178328-0 jZoZnB\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c5yv5976z9po\" target=\"_self\">a rival to OpenAI&#8217;s ChatGPT<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">The announcement by a relatively unknown startup was impressive for a number of reasons, not least because the company said it cost much less to train than leading AI models.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">It was said to have been\u00a0<a class=\"sc-f9178328-0 jZoZnB\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/article\/20250131-what-does-deepseeks-new-app-mean-for-the-future-of-ai\" target=\"_self\">created using far fewer high-end chips than its rivals<\/a>,<b id=\"\" class=\"sc-d16436d-0 kPzeuB\">\u00a0<\/b>and its launch temporarily sank Silicon Valley-based Nvidia&#8217;s market value.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">And momentum in China&#8217;s tech sector has continued. This year, some of the country&#8217;s big tech firms have made it clear that they aim to take on Nvidia and become the main advanced chip suppliers for local companies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">In September, Chinese state media said a new chip announced by Alibaba can match the performance of Nvidia&#8217;s H20 semiconductors while using less energy. H20s are scaled-down processors made for the Chinese market under US export rules.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Huawei also unveiled what it said were its most powerful chips ever, along with a three-year plan to challenge Nvidia&#8217;s dominance of the AI market.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">The Chinese tech giant also said it would make its designs and computer programs available to the public in China<b id=\"\" class=\"sc-d16436d-0 kPzeuB\">\u00a0<\/b>in an effort to draw<b id=\"\" class=\"sc-d16436d-0 kPzeuB\">\u00a0<\/b>firms away from their reliance on US products.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 jHorPx\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<div class=\"sc-5340b511-1 ilsLtA\" data-testid=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 bGQwLJ\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/453d\/live\/2f680a40-9cd5-11f0-8245-f3f629744491.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Getty Images Two shoppers walk past an electronics shop advertising Deepseek on a large banner at the storefront in Hong Kong.\" \/><span class=\"sc-5340b511-2 lha-dta\">Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 etSgSK\" data-component=\"caption-block\">\n<div class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 etSgSK\" data-component=\"caption-block\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-536eff7b-0 jFVvLh\">DeepSeek stunned the tech world in 2024 when it launched an AI model to rival ChatGPT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 jdlrvG\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Other Chinese chip developers have also secured major contracts with big businesses in the country. MetaX is supplying advanced chips for the likes of state-owned telecoms operator, China Unicom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Another hotly-tipped potential challenger to Nvidia is Beijing-based Cambricon Technologies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Its Shanghai-listed shares have more than doubled in value over the last three months as investors bet that it will benefit from Beijing&#8217;s push for Chinese firms to use locally produced high-end chips.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Tencent, which owns the super app WeChat, is another notable tech giant that has heeded the government\u2019s call to use Chinese chips.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">There has also been no shortage of state-backed trade shows, promoting Chinese technology companies in a bid to attract investors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">&#8220;The competition has undeniably arrived,&#8221; a spokesperson for Nvidia told the BBC in response to queries about the recent progress made by Chinese chip firms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">&#8220;Customers will choose the best technology stack for running the world&#8217;s most popular commercial applications and open-source models. We&#8217;ll continue to work to earn the trust and support of mainstream developers everywhere.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Yet some experts have cautioned that claims made by Chinese chipmakers should be taken with a pinch of salt due to a lack of publicly available data and consistent testing benchmarks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">China&#8217;s semiconductors perform similarly to the US in predictive AI but fall short in complex analytics, said computer scientist Jawad Haj-Yahya, who has tested both American and Chinese chips.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">&#8220;The gap is clear and it is surely shrinking. But I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s something they will catch up on in the short-term.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 bPbmDW\" data-component=\"subheadline-block\">\n<h2 class=\"sc-f98b1ad2-0 fsBZby\">Where China leads &#8211; and lags<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 jdlrvG\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">On the BG2 technology and business podcast in September, Nvidia&#8217;s Jensen Huang highlighted the strengths of China&#8217;s tech sector, crediting its hardworking and vast talent pool, intense domestic competition and progress in chipmaking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">&#8220;This is a vibrant entrepreneurial, high-tech, modern industry,&#8221; he said, urging the US to compete &#8220;for its survival&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">His assessment is likely to be welcomed by officials in Beijing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">The country has long vied to become a global leader in tech, partly to reduce its reliance on the West.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">For years, China has invested heavily in what President Xi Jinping calls &#8220;high-quality development&#8221;, which covers industries from renewables to AI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Even before US President Donald Trump&#8217;s return to the White House, China had spent tens of billions of dollars as part of its efforts to transform its vast economy from the &#8220;world&#8217;s factory&#8221; for basic products to a home of cutting-edge industries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">An\u00a0<a class=\"sc-f9178328-0 jZoZnB\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c0qnd2x1nn3o\" target=\"_self\">ongoing tariffs war with Trump&#8217;s America<\/a>\u00a0has only made that mission more urgent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Xi has vowed to make his country more self-reliant and not depend on &#8220;anyone&#8217;s gifts&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 jdlrvG\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Mr Huang has also warned that the US should trade freely with China or risk handing it the edge in the AI race.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">This comes against a backdrop of Beijing applying more pressure on Nvidia as it launched an anti-monopoly probe into the firm last month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">But China&#8217;s state-led approach can also be an obstacle to innovation if everyone in the sector only focuses on a &#8220;shared goal&#8221;, said computing professor Chia-Lin Yang from the National Taiwan University.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">It can make it harder for disruptive ideas to break the mould, she added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">China&#8217;s chip industry has also yet to overcome criticism that its products can be less user-friendly than those of Western rivals like Nvidia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Prof Yang believes these issues can soon be solved by China&#8217;s huge number of skilled tech industry workers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">&#8220;You cannot underestimate China&#8217;s ability to catch up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 jHorPx\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<div class=\"sc-5340b511-1 ilsLtA\" data-testid=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 bGQwLJ\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/c440\/live\/5c2326a0-9cd5-11f0-8245-f3f629744491.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Getty Images The Huawei logo is seen prominently above a walkway near their booth at the Mobile World Congress 2025 in Barcelona in March, 2025.\" \/><span class=\"sc-5340b511-2 lha-dta\">Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 etSgSK\" data-component=\"caption-block\">\n<div class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 etSgSK\" data-component=\"caption-block\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-536eff7b-0 jFVvLh\">Chinese tech giant Huawei unveiled its plans to rival Nvidia&#8217;s dominance in AI chips<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 bPbmDW\" data-component=\"subheadline-block\">\n<h2 class=\"sc-f98b1ad2-0 fsBZby\">&#8216;Bargaining chip&#8217; for China<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 jdlrvG\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">She described China&#8217;s recent announcements about the chip sector as a &#8220;bargaining chip&#8221; in its months-long tariffs negotiations with the US.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Beijing aims to pressure Washington into selling its advanced equipment or risk losing its position in such a large market, said Dr Jawad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">These announcements project strength on China&#8217;s part, even though it is likely to still want to buy American technology, he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Most experts agree that China is still reliant on the US for the most powerful chips, at least for now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Beijing needs access to some high-end American technology for its more advanced projects and to ensure it isn&#8217;t left behind, said semiconductor engineer Raghavendra Anjanappa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Realistically, China can reduce its dependence on American chips in less-advanced tools, but doesn&#8217;t have the &#8220;raw performance&#8221; of US chips to train more complex AI systems, said Mr Raghavendra.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Despite a number of breakthroughs China still lacks the highly developed supply chains that have been long established in the US, South Korea and Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">The US has also deployed export restrictions as it tries to slow down China&#8217;s development of advanced technology, including\u00a0<a class=\"sc-f9178328-0 jZoZnB\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/creve4x8drgo\" target=\"_self\">Washington&#8217;s decision to block Beijing&#8217;s access to high-end Nvidia chips<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">The US has &#8220;hit China exactly where its dependency is deepest,&#8221; said Mr Raghavendra.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">&#8220;But China&#8217;s not far off in the grand scheme and they might only need five more years to be independent from the US.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>By BBC<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OCT 16 &#8211; 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