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Alibaba says more than 6 billion XuanTie-based chips have shipped
Alibaba’s Damo Academy says more than 6 billion XuanTie-based chips have shipped.
The figure was announced by chief scientist Meng Jianyi at the annual RISC-V Summit China in Shenzhen.
XuanTie uses RISC-V, an open processor standard that developers can use to design chips.
RISC-V offers an alternative to architectures from companies such as Intel and Arm.
Chinese companies are seeking a greater role in the RISC-V ecosystem, while US-led export restrictions have encouraged efforts to reduce reliance on foreign chip-design technologies.
Alibaba is expanding its AI infrastructure and is also targeting automotive systems with the architecture.
Omdia forecasts RISC-V processor shipments will grow nearly 30 per cent a year and reach about 25 per cent of the global market by 2030.
More than 6 billion chips based on Alibaba’s XuanTie RISC-V architecture have shipped, the company’s research arm said.
Damo Academy chief scientist Meng Jianyi announced the figure at the annual RISC-V Summit China in Shenzhen.
Alibaba is expanding its work on the open-standard architecture for artificial intelligence and automotive systems.
The milestone comes as Chinese companies seek a greater role in the global RISC-V ecosystem.
Meng cited Omdia forecasts that RISC-V processor shipments could grow nearly 30 per cent annually and reach about 25 per cent of the global processor market by 2030.
- Who
- Alibaba’s Damo Academy, whose chief scientist Meng Jianyi announced the figure.
- What
- More than 6 billion chips based on its XuanTie RISC-V architecture have shipped.
- When
- Meng announced the figure on Monday. The article was published on 20 October 2026.
- Where
- At the annual RISC-V Summit China in Shenzhen.
- Why
- The announcement marked a shipment milestone as Alibaba expands its work on RISC-V for AI and automotive systems.
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Meng Jianyi announced that more than 6 billion XuanTie-based chips had shipped at the annual RISC-V Summit China in Shenzhen.
Omdia forecasts that RISC-V processors could account for about 25 per cent of the worldwide processor market.
- Shipments
- More than 6 billion XuanTie-based chips
- Architecture
- XuanTie, based on the RISC-V open standard
- Announcing organisation
- Alibaba’s Damo Academy
- Announcement venue
- Annual RISC-V Summit China, Shenzhen
- Global market forecast
- About 25 per cent of the worldwide processor market by 2030
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global RISC-V processor shipments would grow by nearly 30 per cent annually and could account for about 25 per cent of the worldwide processor market by 2030