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China chip exports jump 136% to US$45b as AI frenzy jacks up prices

October 14

China’s integrated circuit (IC) exports surged 136 per cent year on year in September to US$45 billion, exceeding the 108 per cent growth rate in the first nine months of the year in a sign of the…

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