Greater international cooperation is needed to help the global semiconductor industry better deal with headwinds like slumping demand and trade uncertainties, officials and experts said on Thursday, after reviewing first-half sales data whose release coincided with an industry event.

China's digital industry clusters have gained momentum as the country's digital economy continues its rapid growth. Over 60 percent of China's 25 advanced manufacturing clusters are digital economy-related, according to statistics of the China Center for Information Industry Development, People's Daily reported on Wednesday.

The sales revenue of chip design industry in China is expected to hit 534.57 billion yuan ($78.74 billion) in 2022, up 16.5 percent year-on-year, showcasing the resilience of indigenous semiconductor sector amid the US government restrictions, according to data from the China Semiconductor Industry Association on Monday.

The Chinese chip design sector's sales revenue this year is expected to reach 534.57 billion yuan ($78.74 billion), up 16.5 percent year-on-year, showcasing sectoral resilience amid US export restrictions, experts said after reviewing data from the China Semiconductor Industry Association on Monday.

Margaret Wong, a businesswoman in Sacramento, California, said she has been forced to look for countries other than China to manufacture her products, but has had little luck so far in terms of efficiency. "I'm not going to give up on China. ... Section 232 is really killing us," she said.

Huawei Technologies Co said it has developed electronic design automation or EDA tools for chips above 14 nanometers by partnering with domestic companies, marking a crucial breakthrough for China's semiconductor industry amid US government restrictions.

Shanghai-based Biren Technology introduced the BR100, its general-purpose graphics processing unit or GPGPU, on Tuesday, tapping a sector dominated by industry big names.

SMIC, HuaHong and Nexchip promise supply chain security

A worker works on the production line in Hefei-Tongfu Microelectronics Co Ltd on May 26, 2022.

Top Chinese chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp said its revenue rose by 61.1 percent on a yearly basis to a record $1.58 billion in the fourth quarter of last year amid a global chip shortage.