TikTok Owner ByteDance Explores Customized Chips as Chinese Government Seeks Technological Self-Sufficiency
By Movieguide® Contributor
TikTok parent company ByteDance looks to design its own chips as the company plans to expand its features. For the Chinese government, it is an opportunity to become more self-sufficient in the critical technology they currently lack.
CNBC reports that “ByteDance, the parent company behind TikTok and more recent gaming successes, is exploring chips-design for its own use in specialized fields because it hasn’t been able to find suppliers that can meet its requirements.”
ByteDance, a multinational internet technology company based in Beijing, has already begun adding new features to TikTok, like gaming, as Movieguide® previously reported.
The company tested games on TikTok users in Vietnam, and “While many are excited at the prospect of integration between social media and gaming, this will pose new safety concerns for discerning parents and users.”
As the company expands into new areas, the customized chips will “deal with workloads related to ByteDance’s multiple business areas including video platforms, information and entertainment apps.”
This kind of move into semiconductors among big-tech companies is not unusual. Companies including search giant Baidu and e-commerce and cloud group Alibaba recently released their own self-designed chips.
However, the goal of this technology is twofold. For the Chinese government, this furthers their desire to become “stronger in this fundamental technology.”
“Semiconductors — which go into everything from smartphones to cars — are seen as a major battleground between the U.S. and China amid a broader technology war,” CBNB explains.
While China has invested in its chip-manufacturing industry, they still struggle to catch up with rivals in the U.S. and other parts of Asia.
However, projects like ByteDance’s push for its own semiconductors will not only benefit the company’s goals but will also enable the Chinese government to become more technologically self-sufficient.
Movieguide® previously reported on TikTok’s expansion into gaming:
As the most popular social media platform worldwide, TikTok’s next venture will push heavily into gaming, according to Reuters.
The video-sharing app, which is owned by a Chinese company called ByteDance, has already tested playable games on TikTok for users in Vietnam.
With over 1 billion monthly active users, adding gaming options to its app would widen the already sizable gap between TikTok and its competitors like Snapchat and Twitter.
In 2022, TikTok is expected to reach $11 billion in ad revenue, more than Twitter and Snapchat combined.
“TikTok’s user base has exploded in the past couple of years, and the amount of time users spend on the app is extraordinary,” Debra Aho Williamson, an analyst at Insider Intelligence, said.
According to Reuters, Bytedance plans to first roll out TikTok gaming in Southeast Asia.
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