Chinese tech giant Huawei has reportedly developed a powerful artificial intelligence chip that could rival high-end processors from US chip maker Nvidia.
The Shenzhen-based Huawei is poised to start testing a new AI chip called the Ascend 910D, and has approached local tech firms, which are slated to receive the first batch of sample chips by late May, The Wall Street Journal reported on April 27, citing people familiar with the matter.
The development is still at an early stage, and a series of tests will be needed to assess the chip’s performance and get it ready for customers.
Huawei is pinning hopes on its latest Ascend AI processor being more powerful than Nvidia’s H100 chip, which was used for AI training in 2022.
Huawei is also poised to ship more than 800,000 earlier model Ascend 910B and 910C chips to customers, including state-owned