Two of China's biggest chip designers just merged to compete better against Intel, AMD and Nvidia

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Mon, 02 Jun 2025 19:37:00 +0000

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Chinas top chipmakers, Hygon and Sugon, merge in new bid to challenge AMD and Intel.

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Zen 1 tech gave Hygon a head start, but catching up is difficult Sugon and Hygon's merger aims at Intel and AMD, but performance proof still remains elusive With SMT4 potential, Hygon eyes elite territory in the race for the fastest CPU

A major consolidation is underway in Chinas semiconductor industry after two key players, Hygon and Sugon, announced their merger.

The deal represents an effort to strengthen Chinas capabilities in high-performance computing, potentially posing a serious challenge to US chipmaking giants Intel, AMD, and Nvidia.

While the merger appears formidable on paper, its global impact remains uncertain due to technical, political, and market constraints. An integrated force in supercomputing

This implies the use of SMT4 (simultaneous multithreading with four threads per core), a technology only IBM has deployed at scale, beginning with its POWER7 architecture in 2010.

Hygons chip development roots trace back to a 2016 licensing deal with AMD, which gave it access to the Zen 1 CPU design and x86-64 architecture.

Although the resulting chips, branded as Dhyana, have remained modest
compared to AMDs EPYC line, they have seen adoption in China, including support from Linux kernel developers and Tencent.

Sugon has also used Dhyana processors in various systems, including a supercomputer that once ranked 38th on the TOP500 list.

While these chips are not on par with the worlds fastest processors, they reflect a long-standing collaboration and a continued push for Chinese alternatives.

On the political front, both Hygon and Sugon remain on the US Bureau of Industry and Securitys Entity List.

This designation restricts access to American technologies over national security concerns and raises questions about how much the new entity can innovate independently of U.S. intellectual property.

For now, the power and competitiveness of the new chip remain unclear.
However, the technical leap required to rival AMDs Threadripper or Intels Xeon, often cited among the worlds fastest CPUs , is significant.

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