{"id":201148,"date":"2025-12-25T11:02:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T11:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/201148\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T11:02:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T11:02:15","slug":"chinese-ai-champion-iflytek-sets-up-new-entity-to-expand-into-semiconductor-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/201148\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese AI champion iFlytek sets up new entity to expand into semiconductor design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The new entity, Shandong Yixun Information Technology, was incorporated last week with a registered capital of 50 million yuan (US$7.1 million), according to the latest information from Chinese corporate data provider Qichacha.<\/p>\n<p>The scope of this entity\u2019s operations would include <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/semiconductors?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">integrated circuit<\/a> design, AI software development and technical consulting for AI public services online platforms, according to Qichacha.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Based in Hefei, the capital of eastern Anhui province, iFlytek on Wednesday said it did not have additional information about the business of Shandong Yixun.<\/p>\n<p>The latest move by iFlytek, which made its name in the area of voice-recognition software, underscored the growing importance of semiconductor design in China, where a growing number of domestic tech companies are developing AI processors that could potentially rival those from industry heavyweights <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/nvidia?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nvidia<\/a> and <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/advanced-micro-devices-amd?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Advanced Micro Devices<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The agency said the US was implementing a tariff action on a wide range of Chinese semiconductors, with an initial rate of 0 per cent that would rise to a higher level in 18 months on June 23, 2027. The tariff rate would be announced 30 days before the deadline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The new entity, Shandong Yixun Information Technology, was incorporated last week with a registered capital of 50 million&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[51528,365,43487,363,364,123480,4177,607,15777,123476,7876,8871,123479,123477,111,139,1042,69,123478,123475,145,3040,122664],"class_list":["post-201148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-advanced-micro-devices","tag-ai","tag-anhui-province","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-ascend-910b","tag-beijing","tag-china","tag-citic-clsa","tag-entity-list","tag-hefei","tag-huawei-technologies","tag-iflytek","tag-liu-qingfeng","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nvidia","tag-nz","tag-qichacha","tag-shandong-yixun-information-technology","tag-technology","tag-us","tag-us-trade-representative-office"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}