China might lag behind within the global memory chip and synthetic intelligence (AI) race amid Beijing’s restriction on US-based Micron Technology and export sanctions by Joe Biden administration on American corporations on sharing tech with China, the media reported on Sunday.
China was not too long ago seen as catching up rapidly with global suppliers within the subject of superior 3D NAND flash and DRAM memory chips, however not anymore, stories the South China Morning Post.
The hole “have widened again in the era of ChatGPT as Yangtze Memory Technologies Corporation (YMTC) and ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) are unable to press ahead with catch up efforts due to the US export restrictions,” mentioned the report.
This may significantly hinder China’s capability to develop massive synthetic intelligence (AI) fashions as South Korean corporations like Samsung and SK Hynix take the lead.
Samsung mentioned final month it has accomplished growth of GDDR7 DRAM for AI functions, and it’ll double down on high-bandwidth memory in 2024 to satisfy rising demand in AI functions.
“Meanwhile, rival SK Hynix, which tops the global HBM market with a 50 per cent market share, is also set to double its HBM production next year for AI servers,” the report famous.
Micron, Samsung and SK Hynix “remain the default choice for many downstream buyers and that Beijing’s restrictions on Micron mostly benefited its two South Korean competitors”. Micron had a 15 per cent share of China’s server DRAM market.
Big Tech Chinese companies like Alibaba Group, Tencent and JD.com are eager to develop generative AI fashions. However, the restrictions are hampering their efforts.
