TikTok owner ByteDance is reportedly developing its own custom AI CPUs — company looks to ease China's dependence on US chipmakers
ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, is reportedly developing its own custom AI CPUs to reduce reliance on US chipmakers. The project is in the concept and design stage, with ByteDance evaluating Arm and RISC-V designs. The company is also partnering with InnoStar Semiconductor for memory technology to support this initiative.
- ▪ByteDance aims to ease China's dependence on US chipmakers by developing custom AI CPUs.
- ▪The new chip is inspired by Groq's language processing units optimized for AI inference tasks.
- ▪ByteDance is collaborating with InnoStar Semiconductor for memory technology related to the project.
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Tech Industry Manufacturing Semiconductors TikTok owner ByteDance is reportedly developing its own custom AI CPUs — company looks to ease China's dependence on US chipmakers News By Bruno Ferreira published 29 May 2026 Dovetails nicely with the company's incoming Seedchip accelerator. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Getty / NurPhoto) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter TikTok owner ByteDance is reportedly developing its own custom AI CPUs in a bid to reduce its reliance on US chipmakers.
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