China’s Tencent to seek domestic source for AI training chips following US chip curb

HONG KONG: Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings said that it will look for domestic source for AI training chips following new U.S. chip curbs.

Martin Lau, president of Tencent, said on a call with analysts on Wednesday that the White House’s decision last month to ban more AI chips from export to China will force the company to use its existing chips more efficiently and seek domestically produced AI chips.

“Going forward, we will have to figure out ways to make the usage of our AI chips more efficient,” he said, “And we will also try to look for domestic source for these training chips.”