Cambricon
Cambricon is a Chinese company that builds core processor chips and general-purpose graphics processing units (GPGPUs) for artificial intelligence. It has been compared to Nvidia because of their similar focus.
PrivateBeijing, ChinaChip designersChina bandValuation at IPO, 2020 $12B (as of Jul 20, 2020)
Supplies
Supplies Huawei
Cambricon produced AI chips for Huawei devices until the contract was terminated in 2018, when Huawei chose its own HiSilicon chips.
Money
Alibaba invests in Cambricon
Alibaba Group was an early investor in Cambricon, and was reported in 2023 to have sold all its shares.