On February 14th, sources disclosed that ByteDance’s chip R&D team is about to embark on a large-scale recruitment initiative, targeting cities including Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen. The available positions encompass roles in chip architecture, SoC (System on a Chip) design, and more. Presently, the team is mainly engaged in the chip design phase, with a focus on tailoring and refining specialized hardware to meet the company’s specific business requirements. Leveraging cutting-edge semiconductor processes, they are crafting a variety of sophisticated chips tailored for cloud-based applications, aiming to boost performance and drive down computational expenses. Insiders revealed that ByteDance’s chip team has successfully achieved first-pass silicon success on several occasions, with several early-stage projects already transitioning into mass production and deployment, spanning multiple mainstream advanced process nodes. The overall R&D and implementation endeavors are advancing steadily. ByteDance has not yet issued a statement regarding this development.