{
  "id": 15679735,
  "title": "Alibaba’s RISC-V IP powers over 6 billion shipped chips as tech giant targets AI, autos",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/alibabas-risc-v-ip-powers-over-6-billion-shipped-chips-as-tech-giant",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-20T00:30:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SCMP Tech",
    "slug": "scmp-tech",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3371402/alibabas-risc-v-ip-powers-over-6-billion-shipped-chips-tech-giant-targets-ai-autos"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Alibaba Group Holding's research arm, Damo Academy, has reached a significant milestone with over 6 billion chips manufactured using its XuanTie RISC-V architecture. Chief scientist Meng Jianyi revealed this figure at the RISC-V Summit China in Shenzhen. This accomplishment highlights China's growing influence in the global RISC-V ecosystem, an alternative to established chip designs from Intel and Arm. Alibaba, headquartered in Hangzhou, has been an early pioneer in China's RISC-V scene and is expanding its AI infrastructure. The open-standard architecture enables developers to create processors, potentially reducing dependence on foreign chip-design technologies due to US export restrictions. Meng cited Omdia's predictions that global RISC-V processor shipments will grow by nearly 30 percent annually, potentially making up 25 percent of the worldwide processor market by 2030. Alibaba recently launched the XuanTie C950, a powerful RISC-V processor designed for AI agents and cloud and high-performance computing workloads. The company claims the C950 offers three times the performance of its predecessor, the C920. As Chinese tech companies like Alibaba, Tencent Holdings, and ByteDance compete to develop AI agents and integrate them into their apps, RISC-V offers a promising path to self-sufficiency in chip design. However, Meng acknowledged the engineering challenges of improving RISC-V CPUs' performance when running large language models, emphasizing the need for co-design, including balancing computation, data movement, and software optimization.",
  "summary": "Alibaba Group Holding’s research arm, Damo Academy, has seen more than 6 billion chips shipped based on its XuanTie RISC-V architecture, marking a milestone as the tech giant doubles down on the open standard in artificial intelligence and automotive systems. Meng Jianyi, chief scientist at Damo Academy, announced the figure on Monday at the annual RISC-V Summit China in Shenzhen. The achievement…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}