{"id":34233,"date":"2021-02-11T09:23:35","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T03:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/?p=34233"},"modified":"2021-02-11T09:23:35","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T03:53:35","slug":"chinese-tech-spacious-baidu-reportedly-plans-to-launch-an-ai-chip-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/future\/chinese-tech-spacious-baidu-reportedly-plans-to-launch-an-ai-chip-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese tech spacious Baidu reportedly plans to launch an AI chip company"},"content":{"rendered":"

Baidu is reportedly planning to launch a subsidiary AI chip firm, which could boost China\u2018s efforts to develop a domestic semiconductor industry.<\/p>\n

CNBC reports the search giant is in discussions with venture capital companies GGV and IDG Capital about investing in the enterprise.<\/p>\n

The company would sell chips to customers in various industries, including automakers, and could also support Baidu\u2019s work on electric and autonomous vehicles.<\/p>\n

A source told CNBC the Baidu<\/a> will probably be the vast majority shareholder of the subsidiary.<\/p>\n

The information is as China pushes to fortify its homegrown chip industry.
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The nation’s reliance on overseas equipment was subjected by the trade war with the US, which imposed a string of limitations on sales of components and chips to China.<\/p>\n

China reacted by setting an objective of generating 70 percent of those semiconductors it utilizes by 2025.<\/p>\n

The goal is definitely ambitious: just 16 percent of the semiconductors it utilized in 2019 were created indigenously.<\/p>\n

The nation is relying upon government investment and national businesses to become more self explanatory.
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NBC notes that technology giant Tencent recently spent in an AI chip startup, whereas Alibaba<\/a> and Huawei both unveiled AI semiconductors at 2019.<\/p>\n

Baidu\u2019s subsidiary would further support China\u2019s drive for self-sufficiency, but the country is still a long way from building a world-leading chip industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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