ByteDance, owner of TikTok and a major AI inference customer, is reportedly developing its own custom AI CPUs to reduce...

ByteDance, owner of TikTok and a major AI inference customer, is reportedly developing its own custom AI CPUs to reduce dependence on US chipmakers including AMD. The project is in concept/design stage, with ByteDance evaluating Arm and RISC-V architectures and partnering with Chinese startup InnoStar Semiconductor for memory technology. This move follows ByteDance's existing SeedChip AI accelerator program. If successful, it could erode AMD's addressable market in China's AI inference space. Sources: Tom's Hardware (citing Reuters and The Information).