Beijing pushes AI-assisted chip design as part of self-sufficiency drive

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Beijing is advancing its efforts in AI-assisted semiconductor chip design to enhance national self-sufficiency. Chinese tech firms like Empyrean Technology are applying AI algorithms to speed up chip design processes.

Artificial intelligence agents are increasingly taking the wheel in designing China’s next-generation semiconductors, as Beijing and domestic technology firms accelerate efforts to integrate AI into chip design software to bolster national self-sufficiency. Empyrean Technology, China’s top maker of electronic design automation (EDA) tools, has been accelerating the chip design process by using AI-optimised algorithms and agentic tools, according to company chairman Liu Weiping. By applying an AI...