TikTok owner ByteDance aims to finalise the design of its next-generation in-house central processing unit (CPU) by early next year at the latest, targeting mass production and wider deployment in the second half of 2027 to fuel its expanding AI ambitions, according to three people familiar with the matter.An early version of the proprietary CPU had been used in-house since late last year, one of the people said. However, given the urgent demand, tape-out of the new CPU could be brought...