China Science And Technology News

[ChillVein]

Recently I had this vujà dé—the opposite of déjà vu—where familiar sights suddenly offer a new perspective.

We’ve seen Jensen Huang and Lisa Su all over the media. But when you zoom out to look at other critical chip companies in the world, a pattern emerges: these firms are helmed by people of Chinese ethnicity. Collectively, they manage companies worth $8.5 trillion in market cap.

1. Jensen Huang, Nvidia (market cap: $4.569T)
2. Lisa Su, AMD ($422.76B)
3. Hock Eng Tan, Broadcom ($1.517T)
4. Lip-Bu Tan, Intel ($214.98B)
5. C.C. Wei, TSMC ($1.736T)

Though of Chinese ethnicity, they’re not from China. In fact, Jensen, Lisa, Hock, and Lip-Bu are American citizens. Wei is Taiwanese. Jensen and Lisa were born in Taiwan, while Hock and Lip-Bu were born in Malaysia.

So no, this isn’t some claim that “the Chinese are controlling the chip industry.” Far from it—their allegiance is with the U.S.

I just find it more than coincidence that there’s such clear overrepresentation of ethnic Chinese at the helm of these companies.

Why So Many Asians?​

One factor: these companies have an overwhelming number of Asians (not necessarily ethnic Chinese) compared to a typical U.S. company. About 6.5% of the total U.S. workforce is Asian, and in tech, that figure rises to 18.1% (2022, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission).

But Asian representation at these four U.S. companies (excluding TSMC, which is Taiwanese) is way above average, according to DiversIQ:

• NVIDIA: ~52.4% Asian
• AMD: ~48.3% Asian
• Broadcom: ~42.3% Asian
• Intel: ~37% Asian

So it’s more likely an Asian would get promoted from within. The next question: why is there more Asian representation in these companies?

First, Asians are well-trained in STEM, and many graduates have flowed into these technical jobs. The talent pool is there.

Second, TSMC is a Taiwanese company with many ethnic Chinese employees. As the most important foundry manufacturing what the Americans design, it might be easier to build trust and deep business relationships if American companies’ top echelons are also ethnic Chinese.

The differences are in the details. So let’s look at the story of each of these five ethnic Chinese chip bosses.

 

[ChillVein]

Marvell technology, lam research, Kingston technology and many more are founded by ethnic Chinese.

 

[Beijingwalker]

China fires up world’s biggest superconducting magnet for nuclear fusion project​

The device, part of the CRAFT artificial sun reactor, sets new international benchmark in push for clean energy​

Zhang Tongin Beijing
Published: 6:00pm, 28 Jun 2026

The world’s biggest superconducting magnet for a nuclear fusion reactor has passed final tests as part of China’s CRAFT “artificial sun” project, eclipsing international performance benchmarks.

The assembly comprises two coils: a toroidal-field magnet that acts as a magnetic cage, and a central solenoid that serves as the igniter.

The results, achieved by researchers with the Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, clear a major engineering hurdle on the path to confining a plasma hotter than the sun’s core, state news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday.

The project – the Comprehensive Research Facility for Fusion Technology – aims to create a miniature sun at over 100 million degrees Celsius (over 180 million Fahrenheit) and trap it inside a doughnut-shaped metal cage to generate electricity.

The magnetic cage, known as the CRAFT toroidal field coil, is a core component of the reactor.

It uses a strong magnetic field to prevent the container of the miniature sun from melting as the plasma inside reaches hundreds of millions of degrees.

China fires up world’s biggest superconducting magnet for nuclear fusion project

The device, part of the CRAFT artificial sun reactor, sets new international benchmark in push for clean energy.

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