Competition for king of the cloud

China's largest chipmaker Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd on Monday announced its ambitious goal to become an international cloud computing giant, saying it will ramp up efforts to offer public cloud services in the future.

The announcement came on the heels of China's tech giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd revealing a strategic partnership with Microsoft Corp last week, with the aim to become a Top 5 world leader in the cloud computing sector.

Wang Hongtao, senior vice-president of Tsinghua Unigroup, said during the ongoing World Internet of Things Exposition in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, that currently the focus is on industrial application, and the public cloud sector will cover more fields in the future.