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Chinese AI chipmaker Hygon plots expansion from data centres to robotics

New chip targets range of physical AI applications, where machines interact directly with their environments

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A girl interacts with a humanoid robot at the 23rd China-ASEAN Expo in Nanning, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on September 19. Photo: Xinhua
Ann Caoin Shanghai

Chinese chipmaker Hygon Information Technology is set to release a new chip targeting complex real-world applications including robotics, an expansion from its current focus on data centres.

The product launch, slated for Tuesday, marks Hygon’s move into a new chip category powering machines that interact directly with their environments, as physical artificial intelligence becomes increasingly important.

The new chip, an iteration of the company’s CPU1000 series, is designed to meet “low-power, embedded and edge computing requirements”, targeting a range of physical AI applications in sectors including robotics, machine vision and intelligent manufacturing, according to reports by state-owned business news outlets Jiemian News and China Securities Journal on Sunday.

The company’s slogan for the launch event, set to be held in the southern tech hub of Shenzhen, was “Let computing power reach the physical world”, according to a post on the company’s official WeChat account on Sunday. The post did not disclose more information.

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