SemiconductorsAlibaba emerges on shortlist to rescue chipmaker Tsinghua
Tech company sole private-sector candidate to bail out China's once national champion
Server chip Yitian 710 developed by Alibaba's in-house semiconductor unit T-Head is on display during the Apsara Conference 2021 in Hangzhou, China. © Getty Images
SHUNSUKE TABETA, Nikkei staff writer
October 20, 2021 04:51 JST
BEIJING -- Chinese tech heavyweight Alibaba Group Holding is reportedly on the shortlist of potential white knights that would bail out embattled domestic chipmaker Tsinghua Unigroup, which once stood at the forefront of China's semiconductor ambitions.