TechFlow news, June 29: According to the South China Morning Post, three informed sources revealed that ByteDance plans to complete the design of its next-generation self-developed CPU by early next year at the latest, aiming for mass production and large-scale deployment in the second half of 2027 to support its continuously expanding artificial intelligence layout.
One of the informed sources indicated that early versions of the self-developed CPU have been in use within the company since the end of last year. However, another source stated that given the urgent demand, the tape-out time for the new generation CPU may be advanced. For ByteDance, this CPU is part of its strategy to build its own chip portfolio and integrate more self-developed hardware into its AI infrastructure. Two informed sources revealed that to accelerate R&D and assist in securing foundry capacity, ByteDance is collaborating with Qualcomm, a US chip manufacturer actively expanding its AI data center business. The collaboration with Qualcomm, which employs a fabless model and outsources manufacturing to wafer foundries such as TSMC, aims to help ByteDance cope with the extremely tight advanced chip supply chain.
