Baidu Kunlun

Kunlun 2, a 7nm AI chip developed by Chinese search engine giant Baidu, has achieved mass production, the company announced on Wednesday.

Baidu has recently turned its Kunlun chip business into a new, separate company and Ouyang Jian, the chief architect of the business, has become the company's CEO.

Because of the uncertainty of the chip development process, the exact date cannot be determined yet.

Baidu Kunlun chip business recently completed the signing of an independent financing agreement with a post-investment valuation of approximately RMB 13 billion ($2 billion).

Baidu's AI chip unit Kunlun has completed a new round of financing at a valuation of $2 billion, Reuters said Monday, citing sources.

Announced in 2018, "Baidu Kunlun" is China's first cloud-based full-featured AI chip developed by Baidu.

Kunlun 2 is expected to be mass-produced in the first half of next year.

Baidu's cloud-based universal AI chip Baidu Kunlun, developed by Baidu, is already in use on Baidu's own search engine, which is handling a large number of requests on searches every day, Baidu vice president Wu Tian said on October 14.

Baidu Kunlun AI chip is adapting to the China-made Feiteng server for performance tuning, Ouyang Jian, general manager of Baidu Kunlun Chip, said at the "2019 Feiteng Ecological Partner Conference" held on Thursday.

Baidu and Samsung Electronics announced on Wednesday that Baidu‘s first cloud-to-edge AI accelerator, Baidu KUNLUN, has completed its development and will be mass-produced early next year.