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Cambricon’s third quarter profit surges 148% to US$210m amid push to replace Nvidia chips

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Chinese artificial intelligence chip giant Cambricon Technologies reported a 147.7 per cent surge in third-quarter profit on Friday, as the country’s aggressive push to replace Nvidia chips continues…

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