ByteDance in talks with China’s Iluvatar CoreX to purchase AI chips, sources say
Key takeaways
- If a deal is agreed, Iluvatar Core X would become Byte Dance’s third major domestic supplier of graphics processing units (GPUs) after Huawei and Cambricon, the sources added.
- Tik Tok parent Byte Dance is also considering using Baidu’s Kunlunxin chips, they said, declining to be named as the talks are not public.
- ByteDance, Iluvatar CoreX, Baidu and Tencent did not respond to requests for comment.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize BEIJING: Chinese technology company Byte Dance is in talks with Shanghai-based Iluvatar Core X to purchase AI chips for inference work and is also considering a similar deal with Baidu, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
If a deal is agreed, Iluvatar Core X would become Byte Dance’s third major domestic supplier of graphics processing units (GPUs) after Huawei and Cambricon, the sources added.
Tik Tok parent Byte Dance is also considering using Baidu’s Kunlunxin chips, they said, declining to be named as the talks are not public. Tencent is already a Kunlunxin chip customer, according to one of the sources.