Physix FrontierPhysix Frontier · News Briefing Card (Leiphone · Aug 14, 2026)
Qianhe Yibang closes over 2B yuan Series B
KEY FACTS
- Qianhe Yibang, a 3D compute-in-memory chip company, announced it has closed a Series B round of over 2 billion yuan.
- Investors include the China State-Owned Capital Venture Fund, China Mobile's Chain Leader Fund, and several other well-known institutions.
- Incubated by NetEase and founded in January 2024, the company focuses on 3D integration architectures.
- The team has been exploring the development of the world's first 3D DRAM compute-in-memory chip since 2018.
KEY DATA
Over 2 billion yuanFunding amount
January 2024Founded
PHYSIX OBSERVATION
The joint investment by a state-level fund and a telecom giant shows how urgently policy and industry capital want a breakthrough past the "memory wall." From incubation inside NetEase to backing from China Mobile, it confirms that scenarios like cloud gaming are the key entry point for 3D compute-in-memory to land. This is not just a funding round but an important signal that new-architecture chips are moving from the lab toward large-scale commercialization, and the industry is accelerating its escape from the traditional von Neumann bottleneck.
Source: Leiphone report