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Cambricon Technologies Corporation

(寒武纪科技)

Cambricon Technologies Corporation
寒武纪科技
Established in Beijing in March 2016, Cambricon builds core processor chips and general-purpose graphics processing units (GPUs) for use in the field of artificial intelligence. It has often been compared with Nvidia due to the similar fields they compete in. The company was founded by the brothers Chen Yunji and Chen Tianshi, and went public on the Shanghai stock exchange in July 2020.
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Cambricon’s booth at the 2021 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai. Photo: Handout
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Cambricon’s stock jumped 11.60 per cent on Monday to a record 1,384.93 yuan, giving it 519.38 billion yuan market value.

Cambricon Technologies at the 2021 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on July 8, 2021. Photo: Handout
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