Baidu founder Li Yannhong: Reasoning will be the main driving force for the long-term sustained growth of AI chips.
Baidu founder Robin Li stated at Baidu World 2026 that reasoning will be the primary driver of long-term sustained growth for AI chips. Current AI computing power demand has shifted from training-centric to a balance between training and reasoning, with the large-scale deployment of intelligent agents driving a surge in reasoning computing demand. Baidu's Kunlun Chip M100 is now on the market, with the M300 expected to be launched next year.
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Baidu founder Li Yannhong: Reasoning will be the main driving force for the long-term sustained growth of AI chips.
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