File photo of a photonic AI chip at the 2018 National Mass Innovation and Entrepreneurship Week in Beijing. Photo: Xinhua File photo of a photonic AI chip at the 2018 National Mass Innovation and Entrepreneurship Week in Beijing. Photo: Xinhua
File photo of a photonic AI chip at the 2018 National Mass Innovation and Entrepreneurship Week in Beijing. Photo: Xinhua

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The brothers behind Cambricon, the chip start-up powering China’s AI ambitions

  • Cambricon Technologies is worth US$2.5 billion, making it one of China’s most valuable AI chip start-ups
  • Founded by brothers Chen Yunji and Chen Tianshi, its chips have been used to power nearly 100 million smartphones and servers

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Meng Jing
Meng Jing

Updated: 7:50am, 22 Nov, 2019

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File photo of a photonic AI chip at the 2018 National Mass Innovation and Entrepreneurship Week in Beijing. Photo: Xinhua File photo of a photonic AI chip at the 2018 National Mass Innovation and Entrepreneurship Week in Beijing. Photo: Xinhua
File photo of a photonic AI chip at the 2018 National Mass Innovation and Entrepreneurship Week in Beijing. Photo: Xinhua
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