ByteDance's Self-Developed Chip Exposed: 100,000 Units in Mass Production Imminent, Aiming to Break NVIDIA Dependence

ByteDance is accelerating its development of the self-designed AI chip SeedChip, planning to mass-produce at least 100,000 units this year, mainly for inference tasks to ensure AI computing power supply. Although the company stated that the relevant reports are inaccurate, its AI procurement budget this year has exceeded 160 billion yuan, with half still used to purchase NVIDIA chips, reflecting the high inference cost pressure faced when advancing large models.