ByteDance increases procurement of domestic chips, internet giants race to build computing power moats
ByteDance is reportedly in discussions to purchase at least 50,000 AI chips from Enflame Technology, primarily for inference tasks. This potential deal would make Enflame Technology ByteDance's third GPU supplier, following Huawei and Cambricon. The chips are intended for large model inference, with Enflame's 'Zhikai' series GPUs for inference and 'Tiangai' series for training. AI
IMPACT This large-scale AI chip procurement by ByteDance signals continued investment in AI infrastructure and could impact the competitive landscape for AI chip suppliers.