Shanghai Biren Intelligent Technology Co. () is a Chinese

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semiconductor design company. The company was founded in 2019 by Lingjie Xu and others, all of whom were previously employed at

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or ST. Biren has advertised two general-purpose graphics processing units (GPGPUs), the BR100 and BR104. Both cards are aimed at

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and

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. As a result of U.S sanctions effective in October 2022 regarding exportation of advanced computing devices and manufacturing materials, Biren's contracted semiconductor manufacturer

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(TSMC) halted all manufacturing of the company's products. In an apparent effort to get around a stipulation of the U.S. sanctions, Biren reportedly modified their BR100 GPU to be able to process less data, so that it would not qualify for restriction for its manufacturer, TSMC. After its sanction in October 2022, the company secured a 280 million USD pledge from Guangzhou government-backed investors. In September 2024, the company hired an investment bank to begin its

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tutoring process.

U.S. sanctions

In October 2023, the

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added Biren Technology to the

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U.S. sanctions

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