China releases its first cloud AI chip

Cambricon Technology CEO Chen Tianshi (L) and Chen Guoliang, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), unveil the cloud AI chip MLU100 in Shanghai, east China, May 3, 2018. China's first cloud artificial intelligence (AI) chip was released by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on Thursday in Shanghai. The cloud chip MLU100, developed by Cambricon Technology, will have accurate and fast big data processing ability, especially in image and voice search methods. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)