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Chinese AI chipmakers raise prices 20%-50% on HBM cost surge

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Reuters reports, citing sources, that Chinese AI chipmakers Huawei, Cambricon, MetaX, and Iluvatar CoreX have raised prices for current and next-generation chips by 20%-50%. The increases are driven by rising costs of high-bandwidth memory (HBM).

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    Sources: Chinese AI chipmakers Huawei, Cambricon, MetaX, and Iluvatar CoreX have raised prices for current and next-gen chips by 20%-50% due to rising HBM costs (Reuters)

    Reuters : Sources: Chinese AI chipmakers Huawei, Cambricon, MetaX, and Iluvatar CoreX have raised prices for current and next-gen chips by 20%-50% due to rising HBM costs — Chinese AI chipmakers including Huawei Technologies [RIC:RIC:HWT.UL] and Cambricon (688256.SS) have sharply raised prices …

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