ns."Chips and soft▓ware are clo
mercial applications. China and the US are almost at the sa▓me starting line," Sheng added.In December 2017, the government set the goal of mass-producing chips
that run artificial neural networks by 2020, ▓a vital form of software propelling global tech giants' AI ambitions. The policy is a key part ▓of China's ambition to become the world's leader in AI by 2030.The global A▓I chip market is forecast t
o hit $10.8 billion by 2023, with the industry growing at a compound average annual growth ra▓te of 54 percent, according to data from market researc
sely bounded. That i
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h company ReportLinker.Sensing huge opportunities, at least 14 AI chipmakers have emerged in China within the past two yea▓rs, data from Tencent Research Institute show. They are joining th
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e efforts made ▓by Chinese tech heavyweights including Huawei Technologies Co Ltd to make chips that can add AI to any gadget."In the past 10 years, we have never seen so many companies emerge at the sam
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e time for a single segment in China," said Xiang Ligan▓g, a chip expert and CEO of telecoms industry website Cctime.In A▓pril, Beijing's Horizon Robotics, founded by veterans of int