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TikTok owner ByteDance taps TSMC to make its own AI GPUs to stop relying on Nvidia — the company has reportedly spent over $2 billion on Nvidia AI GPUs

Two AI GPUs are set to be made.

According to news outlet The Information , ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, is developing two AI GPUs that will enter mass production by 2026. TSMC will make both products. Assuming that the information from an unofficial source is accurate, ByteDance will reduce reliance on Nvidia for AI hardware while staying within the U.S. export regulations.

ByteDance's lineup of AI GPUs, which are in the design phase and will enter mass production in a year, if not later, includes one for AI training and another for AI inference. Broadcom, which has already built AI chips for Google , is expected to design the AI chips. The GPUs are said to be produced on one of TSMC's N4/N5 process technologies, so a similar node to TSMC's 4NP is used to build Nvidia's Blackwell series GPUs for AI and HPC. ByteDance's GPUs are expected to enter mass production by 2026, so expect their deployment in 2026.

ByteDance has reportedly spent over $2 billion on more than 200,000 Nvidia H20 GPUs (i.e., about $10,000 per unit, which is a bit less than $12,000 – $13,000) for its AI efforts this year alone, and many of these GPUs have yet to be delivered to the company. This heavy investment highlights the importance of AI to ByteDance's general strategy.

According to the report, the shortage of Nvidia GPUs and their high price are among the reasons why ByteDance decided to build its own AI hardware. Nvidia designed its DGX H20 and some other GPUs specifically for the Chinese market in response to U.S. export controls imposed last year.

As a result, the  HGX H20  is a massively cut-down GPU (compared to the H100) that still sells for a whopping $10,000 if the information about the price is correct. For example, while Nvidia's HGX H20 only offers 296 INT8/FP8 TOPS/TFLOPS and 148 BF16/FP16 TFLOPS performance for AI computations, the fully-fledged H100 delivers 3,958 INT8/FP8 TOPS/TFLOPS as well as 1,979 BF16/FP16 TFLOPS performance for AI. Yet, with 96 GB of HBM3 memory onboard, up to 4.0 TB/s of memory bandwidth, and 8-way GPU capability, Nvidia's HGX H20 is still in high demand by Chinese companies in real-world applications. Nvidia's processor reportedly beats Huawei's competitors.

While ByteDance will unlikely be able to make its GPUs significantly faster than Nvidia's HGX H20 due to U.S. export control rules (as TSMC will be unable to ship such GPUs to ByteDance), they will be significantly cheaper for the company.

There is a massive catch about ByteDance's initiative to develop its GPUs for AI. The company now relies on Nvidia's CUDA and supporting software stack for AI training and inference. Once it goes with its AI GPUs, it must develop its software platform and ensure its software stack is fully compatible with its hardware. Although many Chinese companies have developed AI GPUs to reduce reliance on Nvidia, those chips are used for select workloads and continue to rely on Nvidia's GPUs for others.

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Nvidia expects to ship over one million HGX H20 units to its Chinese customers this year, nearly double Huawei's projected sales of 550,000 Ascend 910B AI GPUs for 2024. Nvidia's H20 GPUs could generate over $12 billion in revenue, surpassing the company's total China earnings from the previous year, including sales of other hardware types, such as GPUs for gamers.

Anton Shilov is a contributing writer at Tom’s Hardware. Over the past couple of decades, he has covered everything from CPUs and GPUs to supercomputers and from modern process technologies and latest fab tools to high-tech industry trends.

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7 TikTok Dance Moves You Can Learn At Home

TikTok is filled with short, fun dance routines that you can watch for endless hours (trust me, I've done it), share with friends, and learn at home with STEEZY .

But, let's face it.

If you don't have a dance background, the short, hard to follow tutorials on TikTok can be a frustrating roadblock to joining in on the fun.

Here are simple, easy ways you can learn the 7 most popular moves on TikTok.

1. The CitiRokk

The CitiRokk is that one SUPER POPULAR TikTok dance move where you rock your body from side to side and cross your arms in front of your chest.

Watch this video with the move’s creator, CitiBoyRio, to see how the move took over TikTok!

While the CitiRokk was popularized on TikTok by the Renegade dance routine, CitiBoyRio just dropped a new routine of his own!

Learn the CitiRokk Shuffle routine just in time before it goes viral. 😎

Hit this link to learn both the CitiRokk and the CitiRokk shuffle step-by-step on STEEZY Studio.

2. The Woah

Just WATCHING people hit the Woah gets me excited.

It's simple, hype, and easy to apply to any song with a dope bass beat.

If you've been lurking on TikTok for any time at all, you've probably already seen it yourself and understand how it's supposed to look.

How you create the reverb motion, where to position your arms, and when to move your body to hit the beat on time is all you need to learn. 👇

3. The Swagg Bouncee

Do your hips naturally sway from side to side when a good song comes on?

Think of the Swagg Bouncee as your natural hip-sway's cooler, trendier sibling.

Lil Rich Swagg, who created the Swagg Bouncee, says to “Stay on your tippy toes to get a full range of motion,” in his STEEZY Studio class.

By committing to the move and making it bigger, you'll look more confident!

4. The Kangsta Wok

In the video below, this TikTok dance move's creator, Zaya Sosho, explains how he based the Kangsta Wok on a "dip" move he saw during a cypher.

When you do the Kangsta Wok, make sure not to over- or under-exert your energy.

Attack each level drop with a little intensity to make the move look extra hype, but don't go so hard that your body tenses up!

You want to make it look effortlessly cool. 😎

Still not totally sure how to make that happen?

Don't worry... Zaya Sosho will teach you in the tutorial below!

Use this guide to help to you practice too !

5. The Smeeze

This move first entered the dance scene in 2009, but at the time, it was mainly used during battles and parties.

When TikTok arrived in 2018, the move's creator, Chonkie, knew this was the perfect platform to bring the Smeeze to the next level.

With hashtags like #SMEEZEEVERYWHERE, and dance crews like the Jabbawockeez picking it up, the Smeeze quickly became a TikTok favorite.

You can learn more about it from Chonkie himself in this video!

While millions of people are, in fact, Smeezin' everywhere, the move can be a little tricky due to the alternating movements of the arms and legs.

Use this step-by-step tutorial to get the timing jussssst right!

6. The Bust Down

As far as TikTok dance moves go, the Bust Down is definitely on the sexier end of the spectrum.

Characterized by a scoop/thrust motion of the hips, the move is great for raunchy club jams like "Thotiana" by Blueface – the song that popularized the move!

If adding a lil sexy swagger to your movement feels like climbing Mt. Everest, know that practice and repetition will be your best friend!

STEEZY's tutorial breaks the move down simply and efficiently, so you can learn it in just 9 minutes and repeat sections LITERALLY AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WANT.

Trust us, you'll have swag down to a science.👨‍🔬

7. The Cosby Walk

Yes, when executed the right way, the simple act of marching can become a dope dance move!

Watch our video with Rated R, creator of the Cosby Walk, to see exactly what we mean:

As you're learning this move, make sure you're placing your feet firmly on the floor and evenly distributing your weight!

If your bottom half is weak and wobbly, you'll look more bambi than bad@$$.

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The U.S. wants ByteDance to sell TikTok. China is almost certainly going to refuse

The U.S. could be about to force ByteDance, the Chinese tech giant that owns TikTok , to divest its U.S. business or effectively ban the app .

But a sale looks unlikely — not least because China is expected to block it .

The House on Wednesday  approved a bill  that requires ByteDance to divest TikTok, the social media platform it owns, within roughly six months for the app “to remain available in the United States.” This legislation is not yet law and needs approval from the Senate .

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Washington has long contended that TikTok poses a national security threat, as American data could get into the hands of the Chinese government.

Lawmakers in the U.S. are also concerned about the short video app’s alleged ties to the Chinese Communist Party,  which the company has denied .

If the bill is passed, however, the Chinese government is unlikely to approve the divestiture of TikTok’s U.S. business.

“The problem is that the Chinese government is unlikely to approve this type of forced … merger and acquisition,” Paul Triolo, an associate partner at consulting firm Albright Stonebridge, told CNBC’s “ Street Signs Asia ” on Thursday.

“Any kind of divestiture and then merger with another company or acquisition would have to be approved by the Chinese government, which would probably reject that and is probably advising ByteDance that it would reject that.”

What has China said?

Wang Wenbin, a spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said Thursday that the U.S. bill is “at odds with the principles of fair competition and international trade rules,” according to an NBC News translation.

“If the pretext of national security can be used to suppress excellent companies from other countries arbitrarily, there is no fairness or justice to speak of. It is a complete logic of theft to see something good and try to take it for oneself by any means necessary.”

China is widely expected to block a deal, not least because this isn’t the first time the issue has arisen.

Last year, the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)  told ByteDance to divest TikTok or face a ban . At the time, Shu Jueting, a spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Commerce, said the country would “firmly oppose” a move by the U.S. to mandate a sale of TikTok.

TikTok algorithm at the center

What complicates a sale further is TikTok’s algorithm. This is the app’s “secret sauce” and is the technology that enables it to recommend content to users to keep them engaged.

Last year, when CFIUS told ByteDance to sell TikTok, China’s Shu addressed this, saying a divestiture or sale would effectively mean exporting this technology, which must go through administrative licensing procedures.

China would have to approve the transfer of the algorithm as part of the sale, Triolo said — something that seems very unlikely.

And it’s hard to imagine how TikTok’s U.S. business could be separated from the algorithm if China did not want that to be part of the deal. TikTok requires the algorithm to function.

“This algorithm is Chinese home-grown technology, and the Chinese state has said on multiple occasions that [it] considers technology like this to be important for its national security. Hence, it will not allow Chinese technology of this nature to leave its shores or to be in the hands of countries which it considers unfriendly,” Richard Windsor, founder of research company Radio Free Mobile, said in a note published Monday.

“This makes a severing of ties between ByteDance and TikTok USA highly problematic as TikTok USA needs the algorithm to function, but this will contravene the wishes of the Chinese government and the laws it has put in place.”

TikTok’s big valuation

TikTok is one of the world’s biggest social media apps, posing a serious challenge to the likes of Facebook owner Meta and Snap. TikTok was the most downloaded social media app in the U.S. in 2023, according to market insight firm Sensor Tower.

That makes TikTok hot property. Angelo Zino, a vice president and senior equity analyst at CFRA Research, told CNBC that it’s possible that TikTok’s U.S.-only business “could fetch a valuation north of $60 billion.”

Given the uncertainty over the algorithm, however, and Chinese government approval looking unlikely, it’s far from certain that a U.S. TikTok sale will even get to the valuation stage.

Arjun Kharpal is a senior correspondent for CNBC in London.