MetaX a new Chinese GPU developer had physical products on display at the recent International Social Public Safety Products Expo—ITHome noted that the company's first ever offering is the N100 GPGPU, specifically designed for artificial intelligence and video processing tasks. MetaX's Yang Jian, a company co-founder, said that his team's primary focus is on AI and data center applications—presumably due to recent demand presenting a lucrative prospect. China's access to Western-developed hardware has been heavily restricted, so native silicon developers have received heavy investment from the State. A MetaX MXN single-slot low-profile card sporting their N100 GPGPU and onboard HBM2E memory is said to offer compute performance of 160 INT8 TOPS and 80 FP16 TFLOPS.

MetaX is also targeting an entry into the gaming GPU market—ITHome reckons that non-enterprise cards are due in 2025. The company's website outlines an MXG-series for graphics rendering, but the information presented indicates that these products are targeting cloud gaming and data center sectors. The company likely requires more time and experience to develop complicated software that will be necessary for the operation of desktop graphics solutions. A similar Chinese chip startup - Biren Technology - has been working on BR100 and BR104 GPGPUs, in a bid to take on NVIDIA's downgraded Hopper H100 accelerators for the region. Biren's engineering team faced challenging circumstances when sanctions blocked their access to TSMC's foundry, plus the departure of their chief architect, who was alleged to be working on an unreleased range of mainstream/gaming graphics cards.