China wants its companies to use local AI chips. Tech firms signal that they hear the call

HiSilicon, the chip arm of Huawei, is among the bevy of chip design companies in China which are gunning to emulate Nvidia’s success with AI processors. - ST/ANN

SHENZHEN: Chinese tech companies have been showcasing support for home-grown artificial intelligence (AI) chips, as Beijing presses firms to curb their reliance on US chipmaker Nvidia and use local processors in a push for self-sufficiency.

Tencent Cloud said on Sept 16 that its computing platform, which uses many different chips to provide AI computing power, is fully adapted to support “mainstream domestic chips”.