China’s chip champion Moore Threads sees beyond silicon with push into AI coding

South China Morning PostCenter-RightEN 1 min read 100% complete by Ann CaoFebruary 4, 2026 at 01:00 PM

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Moore Threads, a leading Chinese AI chip company, has launched its "AI Coding Plan," a software service for developers built on its MTT S5000 GPU. This move signifies the company's strategic expansion beyond chip manufacturing into AI-powered software services. The new service, powered by Moore Threads' fourth-generation Pinghu architecture, aims to provide a fully domestic hardware-to-model stack for AI coding. This positions Moore Threads in direct competition with both Western companies like Microsoft and domestic firms such as Alibaba in the rapidly growing AI coding tools market. Moore Threads highlights this launch as a significant advancement for China's domestic AI capabilities, addressing previous limitations in AI productivity tools. The company expects its revenue to triple this year, with the MTT S5000 GPU being a core revenue driver.

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Shanghai 30% Beijing 40% MTT S5000 GPU 40% United States 50% Alibaba Group Holding 60% Microsoft 60% China ×280% Moore Threads ×690%

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