Intel
英特尔
Intel is a semiconductor company whose co-founder Gordon Moore formulated Moore's Law in 1965, the observation that transistor density on integrated circuits doubles approximately every two years . For decades it was the world's largest semiconductor firm, with its flagship chips setting the benchmark for computing power—as of 2010, an Intel processor packed roughly 20 billion transistors, the reference point for that era's peak performance . Intel also ran a corporate venture arm, Intel Capital, which made strategic bets including an early lead investment in Horizon Robotics' A+ round in 2017 and later stakes in MemVerge .
In the PC era, Intel established itself as foundational infrastructure comparable to how NVIDIA sits in AI today—its "Intel Inside" marketing program made a ToB brand visible to consumers and locked in ecosystem dominance . More recently, its competitive position has shifted: by 2025, NVIDIA invested $5 billion in Intel and the two began co-developing custom data center and PC products, a partnership framed by analysts as Intel effectively "bowing" to NVIDIA's ascendancy . Intel also faces rising competition from Huawei in AI chips, particularly outside the US market .
AI-generated — may contain errors, please verify.
Coverage
OpenAI Designed a Chip in Just 9 Months — The AI Chip Game Enters Its Second Half | 5Y Research
Once inference workloads account for more than half of AI computing demand, NVIDIA will no longer be the only game in town for AI chips.
5Y News | Using AI to Disrupt Chip Design, Novasilicon Secures Tens of Millions of RMB in Exclusive Funding from 5Y Capital
AI is pushing chip design capabilities toward platformization.
Jensen Huang: AI Will Become a Multimodal, Multi-Embodied General-Purpose System | Vital Views
Counselor Vitality
Behind the $5 Billion: A New Round of Reshuffling in AI Infrastructure | Vital Views
Counselor Vitality
"Make Agents Easy for Everyone" | A Conversation with Zhang Xiantao, President of Alibaba Cloud Wuying
Anticipate shifts in advance and prepare for the changes coming over the next two to three years.
Ten Years of Entrepreneurship: The Stories of People Coming and Going in Kai Yu's Eyes at Horizon Robotics | Linear Voice
The only way to change the script is to change yourself.
Pony.ai's Funding Story: Daydreams in a Winter Storm
The final exam is approaching.
Rongbao | Power Semiconductor, Robotics Firms "Steer" Tech Upgrades, AI Applications Make Major Debuts
The Meaning of "Exploration"
Who Is Horizon Robotics' Most Important Investor?
Got it?
Hongjiang Zhang: My Eight Observations and Views on AI and Large Models
A VC Lesson from Tian Xuan
Thirty years, a journey of departures and returns.
Code Brain | Before Setting Goals, First Understand What a Goal Is
In the real world, there's work; in the theoretical world, there's only the objective.
Heading into 2024: How We Think About AI Startup Investing | FreeS Fund Year-End Special
From 2023 to 2024: AI's Advances, Challenges, and New Opportunities
A Detailed 10,000-Word Look at 70 Years of Optical Computing: What New Breakthroughs Await Beyond Moore's Law? | Yunqi Partners
"The Future Computer" will have a computing architecture composed as follows —
Coatue's 2023 in Detail: Half Sea Water, Half Flame
Could AI become the lifeline of the economy over the next decade?
Li Xiang x Li Feng: Institutional Restructuring, Silicon Valley Bank, GDP Targets, Capital Flows... A Chat on Recent China-US Macro Hot Topics | Li Feng Column
China's financial sector is at the starting point of a new structural adjustment cycle.
BioGeometry's Jian Tang: How to Build a "ChatGPT" for Life Sciences | Gaorong Ventures
Generative AI is powering drug discovery.
Open Source Annual Report! Yunqi Capital Partners Again with Open Source Society to Release *2022 China Open Source Annual Report* | Yunqi News
Open Source Is Entering Its Next Phase of Development
Code Watch | Who Are the AIGC 'Big Players'?
How will value evolve across the generative AI value chain? Will new moats emerge? And who stands to be the biggest winner in this space?
"Kujiale" Partners with Intel to Develop SPEAR Intelligent Simulation Platform | Yunqi Capital Tech π
Improve accuracy, make robots smarter
Agora x 5Y Capital: 2022 RTE Innovation Challenge Final Agenda Revealed
Meet the coolest people, talk about the most cutting-edge things!
Energy storage batteries, chips, and other frontier sectors land funding; smart manufacturing leads the charge overseas | Rongbao · September
September milestone.
BioGeometry Closes Angel Round, Next-Generation AI to Power Macromolecular Drug R&D
Released TorchProtein, the first open-source machine learning platform for macromolecular drug discovery.
Global logistics robotics leader Geekplus closes $100 million Series E1 funding round
In the first half of 2022, order value doubled as the company accelerated global expansion and drove R&D innovation.
MaHui Entrepreneurs | Biren Technology's Wen Zhang: The Story of China's Chip Companies Is Just Beginning
If there's a real chance to transform an industry, you have to try it — even if you lose everything.
The Evolution of Computing Chips Through the Lens of Moore's Law | Source Code Capital Insights
In the "post-Moore's Law" era, which direction will computing chip performance breakthroughs come from?
Warm Congratulations to Innoviz, Global Leader in Solid-State LiDAR, on Successful NASDAQ Listing | Gaorong Ventures News
Advancing LiDAR technology to deliver safe, reliable, and cost-effective solutions for automakers.
5Y News|Horizon Robotics Plans to Raise Over $700 Million in Series C, Completes C1 Tranche
Horizon Robotics announced the completion of its Series C1 funding round, with continued backing from 5Y Capital.
In Our Sixth Year, FreeS Fund Is Hiring Investors | Let's Do What's Right, Not What's Easy
Betting on the power of innovation, staying research-driven.
SmartX Closes Nearly RMB 200 Million in Series B+ and C Funding to Accelerate Coverage of Mid-to-High-End Enterprise Cloud Market
Accelerating independent innovation and scenario expansion for enterprise cloud core engines, building a solid foundation for digital transformation and "new infrastructure."
Rongbao · May | Large-Memory Computing, Autonomous Driving and Other New Technologies Accelerate Adoption; Integration of Goods and Services Emerges as New Consumption Trend
Underlying technological innovation and new demographics are driving infinite possibilities.
MemVerge Secures $19 Million Strategic Investment to Accelerate the "Big Memory Computing" Era
Intel, Cisco, NetApp, and SK hynix — industry leaders — have joined forces to invest, spearheading the big memory revolution.
What Did Minister Miao Wei Actually Say About Chinese Manufacturing? | Frees Fund
What Happened to China's "Undervalued" Manufacturing Sector Between 2015 and 2019?
MemVerge Closes $24.5 Million Series A, Unveils World's First Memory-Converged System
A new data infrastructure that eliminates the boundary between memory and storage.
4 Companies Close Funding Rounds, 7 Firms Undergo Strategic Upgrades: Code Brain Issue 7 Breaks Down WeChat Ecosystem and Mini Program User Acquisition | CodeHui Journal · August
【Ma Hui Journal】A place to record the small steps forward of our community members, share the joy of growth, and look toward an even brighter future.
Li Feng Column | A $2 Trillion Market and $10 Trillion Output: Why We're Bullish on Chinese Chips?
When Will Homegrown Chips Break Through?
Jiang Nanchun: 30 Years of Business Warfare — Winning Companies Plant a Single Word in Consumers' Minds | 2018 FreeS Fund CEO Annual Summit Recap
Whoever captures the 500-million-strong middle class captures the future.




































