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US export controls are pushing China’s AI chip industry away from GPUs and toward custom silicon

By Alina Maria StanJune 1, 2026 · 1 min read

China’s AI chip industry is no longer trying to build an Nvidia clone. Under sustained US export controls that block access to the most powerful general-purpose GPUs, the country’s largest technology companies are pivoting toward application-specific integrat…

TL;DR US export controls are pushing Chinas AI chip industry away from general-purpose GPUs and toward custom ASICs. Huawei leads with 62% projected market share, while Alibaba and Cambricon pursue …

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