Key Takeaways:
- On August 7, 2026, Chipierce co-founders Professor Liu Jie and Fan Zhengwei led a team to Guangdong Xingfa Aluminium Co., Ltd. for a business exchange.
- Chipierce presented the technical principles, R&D progress, and industrialization applications of its non-von Neumann compute-in-memory architecture APU chip.
- Chipierce also presented its materials R&D Agent (MaterPlato), an agent designed for materials R&D scenarios.
- Wu Xikun, Party Committee member and Deputy General Manager of Xingfa Aluminium, Nie Dejian, Director of the Science and Technology Management Department, and the research team participated in the exchange.
- The two parties held in-depth discussions on AI-empowered aluminum alloy R&D and subsequent collaboration directions.
On August 7, 2026, Professor Liu Jie and Mr. Fan Zhengwei, co-founders of Chipierce, led a team to Guangdong Xingfa Aluminium Co., Ltd. for a business exchange.

During the exchange, Chipierce presented a detailed overview of the company to Mr. Wu Xikun, Party Committee Member and Deputy General Manager of Xingfa Aluminium, Mr. Nie Dejian, Director of the Science and Technology Management Department, and the Xingfa Aluminium research team, covering the technical principles, R&D progress, and industrialization of its non-von Neumann compute-in-memory architecture APU chip and materials R&D Agent (MaterPlato). The two parties held in-depth discussions on AI-empowered aluminum alloy R&D and future collaboration.