Taiwan's most valuable AI chip startup eyes global expansion

Kneron aims to grow eightfold in 2021 as US blacklist hits Chinese rivals

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AI chip company Kneron is one of Taiwan's only globally recognized chip startups. (Source photos courtesy of Kneron)

CHENG TING-FANG, Nikkei staff writer

TAIPEI -- When Albert Liu convinced a friend to quit his high-paying job at Samsung Electronics in early 2015 and start a company together, the veteran Taiwanese chip developer did not realize that the plan would quickly go awry.

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