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Nio Subsidiary Buys Stake In Chipmaker Amid Crippling Global Semiconductor Shortage

Benzinga2021-07-19

A subsidiary of Chinese electric vehicle makerNio Inc. NIO 0.05% has acquired a small stake in a unit of Shanghai-listed AI chip company Cambricon, cnEVpostreportedSunday.

What Happened: The move comes after Cambricon said Friday it has agreed to increase the registered capital of its wholly-owned subsidiary Cambricon Xingge by 170 million yuan ($26 million) and bring in investors, as per the report.

Nio’s subsidiary Weiran (Jiangsu) Investment Co. Ltd. acquired a 2% stake in Xingge for RMB 4 million ($630,000).

Weiran is wholly owned by XPT, NIO's motor business subsidiary, the report noted.

Why It Matters: Nio’s acquisition of a stake in a chip company comes amid thecrippling global chip shortagethat has disrupted manufacturing across sectors and even forced global automakers to halt production.

More industry voices are now indicating the shortages could spill over to next year and requires investment. In April,Intel Corp.INTCCEO Pat Gelsingerwarnedthat the global semiconductor chip supply shortage could stretch two more years.

It wasreportedin October last year that Nio is planning to embark on in-house R&D to develop computing chips for autonomous driving and has set up a separate hardware team, internally named Smart HW, for that purpose.

Price Action: Nio’s shares closed more than 2% lower in Friday’s trading at $42.80.

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  • rae90
    ·2021-07-20
    Great job nio
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    • Stylerz
      yes good potential
      2021-07-20
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  • Stylerz
    ·2021-07-20
    Buy the dip
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  • rae90
    ·2021-07-20
    Good job nio
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  • LHJarsenal
    ·2021-07-20
    Like n comment. 
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      Gd
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    ·2021-07-19
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    ·2021-07-19
    Buy
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  • TripleWin
    ·2021-07-19
    Buy for long term
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  • SandDust
    ·2021-07-19
    Nio, Nio, Nio, why I never manage to buy you
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      Pump in cash to buy
      2021-07-19
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    ·2021-07-19
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    ·2021-07-19
     Nio is a potential share to buy 
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    ·2021-07-19
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    ·2021-07-19
    See u at the moon!!!! 
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    ·2021-07-19
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