Chinese chip designer Unisoc looks to raise $1.5b private funding at $10.3b valuation

Chinese chip designer Unisoc looks to raise $1.5b private funding at $10.3b valuation

FILE PHOTO: Semiconductor chips are seen on a circuit board of a computer in this illustration picture taken February 25, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration

Chinese chip design company Unisoc (Shanghai) Technologies Co is seeking to raise 10 billion yuan ($1.5 billion) in a new funding round that will value the firm at about 70 billion yuan ($10.3 billion), three people with knowledge of the deal told Reuters.