China tries for AI ICs
A number of Chinese companies, led by Alibaba, Baidu, Tencent and HiSilicon, are bringing out AI ICs but their competitiveness is likely to be impeded by
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A number of Chinese companies, led by Alibaba, Baidu, Tencent and HiSilicon, are bringing out AI ICs but their competitiveness is likely to be impeded by
Huawei’s subsidiary HiSilicon has made significant strides in the independent R&D of AI chips, launching the next-gen Ascend 910B. These chips are utilised not only in Huawei's public cloud infrastructure but also sold to other Chinese companies.
High-end AI chip development remains constrained due to the US Entity List and restrictions on advanced process EDA.
Chinese AI processor developer Biren gets $280 million from Guangzhou government-backed investors.
News that the company would no longer spin off and list its cloud computing business wiped $20bn (£16bn) off its market capitalisation.