Jeff Zhang, the chief technology officer at Alibaba Group Holding, said the company hopes to learn from the fearless spirit of the honey badger as the e-commerce giant builds up its semiconductor business. Photo: Handout Jeff Zhang, the chief technology officer at Alibaba Group Holding, said the company hopes to learn from the fearless spirit of the honey badger as the e-commerce giant builds up its semiconductor business. Photo: Handout
Jeff Zhang, the chief technology officer at Alibaba Group Holding, said the company hopes to learn from the fearless spirit of the honey badger as the e-commerce giant builds up its semiconductor business. Photo: Handout
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Why Alibaba named its semiconductor company after the honey badger

‘A chip is small [like the honey badger], and we hope that such a small thing will produce great power,’ said Alibaba chief technology officer Jeff Zhang

Topic |   Alibaba
Zen SooLi Tao
Zen Soo and Li Tao

Updated: 5:14pm, 20 Sep, 2018

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Jeff Zhang, the chief technology officer at Alibaba Group Holding, said the company hopes to learn from the fearless spirit of the honey badger as the e-commerce giant builds up its semiconductor business. Photo: Handout Jeff Zhang, the chief technology officer at Alibaba Group Holding, said the company hopes to learn from the fearless spirit of the honey badger as the e-commerce giant builds up its semiconductor business. Photo: Handout
Jeff Zhang, the chief technology officer at Alibaba Group Holding, said the company hopes to learn from the fearless spirit of the honey badger as the e-commerce giant builds up its semiconductor business. Photo: Handout
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