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Will the contest between China and the USA come down to who has the best and brightest people?
Of course, it is. How could thieves be able to innovate continuously to build better and better systems year in and year out? Indeed, the best and brightest scientists, engineers and business professionals have been the main driving forces in the economic and technological development and modernization progresses all over the world.

The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) was established on November 1, 1949, in Beijing, China.

Introduction----Chinese Academy of Sciences
The Chinese Academy of Sciences is the linchpin of China ’ s drive to explore and harness high technology and the natural sciences for the benefit of China and the world. Comprising a comprehensive research and development network, a merit-based learned society and a system of higher education, CAS brings together scientists and engineers from China and around the world to address both theoretical and applied problems using world-class scientific and management approaches. Since its founding, CAS has fulfilled multiple roles — as a national team and a locomotive driving national technological innovation, a pioneer in supporting nationwide S&T development, a think tank delivering S&T advice and a community for training young S&T talent. Now, as it responds to a nationwide call to put innovation at the heart of China ’ s development, CAS has further defined its development strategy by emphasizing greater reliance on democratic management, openness and talent in the promotion of innovative research. With the adoption of its Innovation 2020 programme in 2011, the academy has committed to delivering breakthrough science and technology, higher caliber talent and superior scientific advice. As part of the programme, CAS has also requested that each of its institutes define its “ strategic niche ” — based on an overall analysis of the scientific progress and trends in their own fields both in China and abroad — in order to deploy resources more efficiently and innovate more collectively. As it builds on its proud record, CAS aims for a bright future as one of the world ’ s top S&T research and development organizations. History of achievement CAS was established on November 1, 1949, in Beijing, where it is headquartered. It was formed from several existing scientific institutes and soon welcomed over 200 returning scientists who contributed to CAS the high-level expertise they had acquired abroad. Since its early years, CAS has been key to China ’ s S&T planning. In 1956, the central government asked CAS to oversee preparation of the country ’ s first 12-year national programme for S&T development, which propelled China ’ s drive for modernization of science and technology. Since then, it has participated in the preparation of all national S&T development plans, serving as a national think tank. With the launch of China ’ s reform and opening-up programme in the late 1970s, CAS assumed a key role in reforming the country ’ s S&T efforts by encouraging academic openness, scientific collaboration, a multidisciplinary approach and the intensive cultivation of talent. CAS proposals have resulted in the launch of a number of key national scientific programmes including the “ 863 Program ” in 1986, which has propelled China ’ s overall high-tech development, and the “ 973 Program ” , or National Basic Research Program, in 1997, which called for the development of science and technology in various fields. Its goal was to align basic scientific research and inno
https://english.cas.cn/about_us/introduction/201501/t20150114_135284.shtml
CAS does have had 82 Foreign Members not just the Chinese. There is also the Chinese Academy of Engineering established in 1994, as a national and independent organization composed of elected members with the highest honor in the community of engineering and technological sciences of the nation.

In fact, there are many research and development centers, institutions, universities and colleges in China as well. China can’t roll out better and better hardware and software systems without the selfless contribution of the best and brightest professionals.

http://www.sz.gov.cn/en_szgov/news/infocus/pda/news/content/post_8119542.html
Pengcheng Cloud Brain II, the world’s largest artificial intelligence (AI) computing platform jointly developed by Huawei Technologies and Pengcheng Laboratory, officially settled in the Shibilong Industrial Park in Xili, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China.

Huawei's supercomputer breaks the world record and wins two championships - Huawei Central
Huawei Supercomputer broke the world record and won two world championships for the system-wide input and output and the 10-node scale system.
https://www.huaweicentral.com/huaweis-supercomputer-breaks-the-world-record-and-wins-two-championships/

http://www.szpclab.com/research/News/51_126.html
Huawei rolled out its first world class top supercomputer that broke the world record and won two world championships for the system-wide input and output and the 10-node scale system. The system-wide input and output performance score is nearly 20 times higher than the one in second place.

Loongson's IPO may lift home chipmakers
By MA SI | China Daily | Updated: 2021-07-01 08:09 Visitors gather at chipmaker Loongson's booth during an expo in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. [Photo by Wang Luxian/For China Daily] Chinese chipmaker Loongson Technology is banking on its upcoming IPO in Shanghai to beef up its research and production of advanced semiconductor technologies. Loongson's plans dovetail with Chinese technology companies' efforts to strengthen the security of supply chains and achieve self-sufficiency in crucial technologies. Beijing-based Loongson's IPO is expected to be made on the STAR Market, or the Science and Technology Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, with up to 41 million shares likely to be up for sale, potentially netting 3.5 billion yuan ($542 million). Loongson's journey as a business started in 2001 with a research team under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 2010, it was spun off as a separate entity to commercialize its chip development research. The firm was behind China's first self-developed general purpose microprocessor. It also created the architecture for central processing units, or CPUs. Xiang Ligang, director-general of the Information Consumption Alliance, a telecom industry association, said Loongson chips have been used in China's space program, finance, energy and other fields so far. Its products can be also found in desktop computers, notebooks, servers, network security equipment and industrial control computers. "The IPO will help Loongson accelerate its commercial application, and facilitate it to leverage the capital market for rapid growth," Xiang said. Loongson said in its prospectus that it plans to spend a third, or 1.25 billion yuan, of its anticipated IPO proceeds on research and production of advanced semiconductor technologies. About 1.05 billion yuan will be used for research and development of graphic processing units, or GPUs, which can crunch large amounts of data rapidly and support artificial intelligence, machine learning and blockchain technologies. The rest of the proceeds, expected to be around 1.2 billion yuan, might be used as liquid capital. Hu Weiwu, president of Loongson, said earlier that Chinese chips are making steady progress, and more efforts are needed to develop a computing ecosystem, including software, to support their wider use. "The wider their use, the better they will become. It will take time, but we are confident about the process," Hu said. Loongson's 2020 revenue hit 1.08 billion yuan, a fivefold increase from 193 million yuan in 2018. Higher expenses on research and development ate into its bottom line, slashing last year's profit by 62 percent to 72.23 million yuan. Revenue grew rapidly as Chinese companies have been more willing in recent times than in the past to use homegrown chips, such as the ones made by Loongson, amid concerns that heavy reliance on foreign semiconductors may not be desirable for the country's electronics industry. Sales revenue of
http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202107/01/WS60dd07caa310efa1bd65f0cd.html
Professor Hu Weiwu, President of Loongson, said that Chinese advanced semiconductor chips were making steady progress, and that more efforts were needed to develop a computing ecosystem, including software, to support their wider use. Chinese companies have been willing to use homegrown chips amid concerns that heavy reliance on foreign semiconductors may not be desirable for the electronics industry development in China.

Chinese company releases self-developed MMW chips; will boost 5G
Millimeter wave phased array antenna. Photo: Courtesy of Xphased China's self-developed millimeter wave (MMW) phased array chip will be put into mass production in February with low-cost silicon technology, the chip's research team said. An industry expert said that its low cost will greatly boost popularization of 5G in China and beyond. Industry experts believe that the technology breakthrough that enables mass production of the 5G MMW phased array chip will effectively launch the product into the global market at a reasonable price and with a better performance. The chip, unveiled to the public on Sunday, was jointly developed by Chengdu Xphased Technology Co (Xphased), Purple Mountain Laboratories, and a research team from Southeast University in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province. Zhang Chengjun, general manager of Xphased, told the Global Times on Tuesday that the company has significantly reduced its production cost and made commercialization possible, and mass production of the MMW chips is expected to start on February 1. "In the past, MMW chips in III-V compound semiconductors were priced at several hundred or even thousands of yuan. Given these high prices, it is basically impossible to commercialize chips," Zhang said. "The new chip has a much lower price compared with the same kind of chips in the global market, but the quality of the new chip is at world-class levels," he said. The innovation project involving the MMW chip was initiated in March 2016. After some years of research and development, small-scale trial production began last October, and 50,000 chips were made. Xphased has already received orders from companies worldwide, including some in France, and it is discussing with companies in the US about future deals regarding phased-array chips and antennas, Zhang said. The launch of the chip is a late-stage advantage for China's 5G development, Zhao Dixian, a professor at Southeast University, told the Global Times. "Currently, China is using centimeter-wave frequencies bands for telecommunications. MMW frequencies provide much more bandwidth for mobile communication, and therefore provide faster communication speeds," Zhao said, adding that if a centimeter wave is a single lane, the MMW involves multiple lanes. However, some believed that although it is an important step toward 5G development, challenges remain. "The mass production of MMW chips is surely an indispensable part of the popularization of 5G in China, but it's not all," Xiang Ligang, a veteran industry analyst told the Global Times on Tuesday. "To achieve 5G popularization, other elements such as coding, core networks and software management also need to take place," he said, adding that it will still take some time before the popularization of 5G.
https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1177621.shtml
China's self-developed millimeter wave (MMW) phased array chip was put into mass production in February, 2020, with low-cost silicon technology that would greatly boost popularization of 5G in China and beyond.