Tencent unveils first chips in push beyond online content


Tencent revealed its first chips, as it tries to diversify away from digital entertainment and align its business to objectives set by China's government, including tech self sufficiency. — Bloomberg

Tencent Holdings Ltd. has unveiled its first chips, showcasing a yearlong foray into silicon design as the Chinese tech giant seeks to grow beyond digital entertainment.

The offerings include an artificial intelligence chip for search and recommendation, another for compressing video files, and a networking chip for cloud servers, executives said Wednesday at the company’s annual cloud summit. It’s unclear if the chips have already been put into use.

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