Chinese tech conglomerate Huawei is trying to tackle semiconductor behemoth Nvidia with a brand new superior AI chip.
Huawei is making progress growing its newest Ascend AI GPU, the Ascend 910D, in accordance with the Wall Street Journal, citing sources acquainted. The firm has been reaching out to different Chinese corporations to search out check companions, the Wall Street Journal reviews, and hopes that its chip will rival Nvidia’s H100 sequence, which is fashionable for coaching AI fashions.
The improvement comes just some weeks after the U.S. imposed additional restrictions on the export of sure AI chips to China. If Huawei is profitable, it might assist fill a void within the Chinese AI market left by elevated chip export controls within the U.S.
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