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EXCLUSIVE: CHINA'S BYTEDANCE WORKING WITH BROADCOM TO DEVELOP ADVANCED AI CHIP

By Eduardo Baptista
June 24, 20244:35 AM GMT+1Updated 20 days ago
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Item 1 of 2 The ByteDance logo is seen at the company's office in Shanghai,
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BEIJING, June 24 (Reuters) - China's ByteDance is working with U.S. chip
designer Broadcom (AVGO.O)New Tab, opens new tab on developing an advanced AI
processor, two sources familiar with the matter said, a move that would help
TikTok's owner secure sufficient supply of high-end chips amid U.S.-Sino
tensions.
The 5 nanometre chip - a customised product known as an application-specific
integrated chip (ASIC) - would be compliant with U.S. export restrictions and
manufacturing work would be outsourced to Taiwan's TSMC (2330.TW)New Tab, opens
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There have been no publicly announced chip development collaborations between
Chinese and U.S. companies involving 5nm or more advanced technology since
Washington introduced export controls for cutting-edge semiconductors in 2022.
U.S.-China deals in the sector generally concern much less sophisticated tech.
ByteDance's tie-up with Broadcom, an existing business partner, would help slash
procurement costs and ensure a stable supply of higher-end chips, said the
sources, who declined to be identified due to the sensitivity of semiconductor
issues in China.
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TSMC is, however, not expected to start manufacturing the new chip this year,
they said. One of them said while design work is well underway, the "tapeout" -
which marks the end of the design phase and the beginning of manufacturing - has
not started.
ByteDance and Broadcom did not respond to repeated requests for comment. TSMC
declined to comment.
Like many global tech firms, ByteDance has launched a major push in generative
artificial intelligence but the company and its Chinese peers have to contend
with far more limited supply of AI chips than their overseas counterparts.

Nvidia's (NVDA.O)New Tab, opens new tab most advanced chipsets are out of reach
due to U.S. export controls aimed at impeding breakthroughs in AI and
supercomputing by China's military. Competition for U.S. chips developed
specifically for the Chinese market as well as those from rival Huawei (HWT.UL),
one of the few Chinese makers of AI accelerators, is fierce.
ByteDance and Broadcom have been business partners since at least 2022. The
Chinese firm has purchased the U.S. company's Tomahawk 5nm high-performance
switch chip as well as its Bailly switch for AI computer clusters, Broadcom has
said in public statements.

Securing AI chips is crucial for ByteDance to make its algorithms more powerful.
In addition to TikTok and the Chinese version of the short-video app called
Douyin, ByteDance operates a range of popular apps including a ChatGPT-like
chatbot service called Doubao, which has 26 million users.
To support its AI push, ByteDance has stockpiled Nvidia chips, according to a
separate person who was briefed on the matter.

This includes A100 and H100 chips available before the first round of U.S.
sanctions kicked in as well as A800 and H800 chips that Nvidia made for the
China market but were also later restricted, the person said, adding that
ByteDance allocated $2 billion for purchases of Nvidia chips last year.
ByteDance also purchased Huawei's Ascend 910B chips last year, two separate
sources with knowledge of the matter said.
Bytedance currently has hundreds of semiconductor-related job openings posted,
including 15 for ASIC chip designers, according to checks of its website.
It has also been poaching top people from other Chinese AI chip firms, according
to one of the sources who has direct knowledge of this issue.

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