Alibaba's (HKG:9988) chip design unit, T-Head, received its first capital injection in more than three years last week, with its registered capital rising to 1 billion yuan from 300 million yuan, the South China Morning Post reported Tuesday.
The fresh capital comes amid a push by Alibaba to integrate T-Head's semiconductors with its cloud operations and Qwen foundational models, the report said.
Alibaba did not immediately respond to a request for comment from.
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