Zhang Wen, co-founder, chairman and CEO of Biren Technology, presenting the BR100 chip. Credit: Biren Technology
A visit to an industrial park or a high-tech factory is rarely absent from Xi Jinping’s itinerary when he travels across China, as he continually stresses the importance of achieving technological self-reliance. In turn, companies like chipmaker Biren Technology are earning backing from some of the country’s largest financial institutions.
Biren, one of China’s newest startups in the critical field of advanced chips, already boasts products with capabilities only narrowly behind those of its leading American competitor, Nvidia. The company could be set for stock market listing in Hong Kong as soon as this year, according to reports.
This week, The Wire profiles Biren Technology, a company dedicated to research and development of powerful chips that China desperately seeks to design domestically to counter increasingly onerous U.S. export controls.
HIGH POWER, HIGH STAKES
Biren Technology specializes in graphic processing units (GPU), high-performing chips whose im
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