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Huawei Ascend AI 910D processor designed to take on Nvidia's Blackwell and Rubin GPUs

Huawei's next-generation HiSilicon Ascend 910D AI processor is expected to offer better performance than Nvidia's H100, reports Reuters. The new processor will be slower on a chip vs chip basis ...
Digital Trends

Huawei Ascend P7 Sapphire Edition will be released soon, but only in China (Updated)

During a recent interview, Huawei’s CEO Richard Yu showed off a modified version of the Ascend P7 smartphone, fitted with a sapphire crystal screen, and even encouraged people to try and scratch the ...
Yahoo

The U.S. is targeting Huawei’s AI chips, and China says that could undermine an uneasy truce in the trade war

The logo of Huawei Ascend is seen at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition Center in Shanghai on July 5, 2024. Huawei’s Ascend processors are increasingly ...
SDxCentral

Huawei unveils Ascend 920 AI chip, will start shipping 910C to Chinese customers from May – report

Huawei has unveiled its next-generation AI chip, the Ascend 920, days after Nvidia revealed the Trump administration had opted to impose further export restrictions on its H20 GPUs. According to a ...
TweakTown

Huawei's new Ascend 910C AI GPUs have major issues: overheating, chips stop functioning

TL;DR: Huawei's new Ascend AI chips face critical overheating and technical issues, causing major Chinese tech firms like Alibaba, Tencent, and ByteDance to halt large-scale adoption. The costly ...
Fudzilla

Huawei plots Nvidia AI replacement with Ascend chip

Huawei is preparing to test its latest AI chip, the Ascend 910D, hoping it can challenge higher-end products from Nvidia as US restrictions batter the Chinese semiconductor industry. According to the ...
Digi Times

Huawei Ascend 910C reportedly hits 40% yield, turns profitable; aims for 60% industry standard

Huawei's Ascend 910C AI chip has reportedly reached a 40% manufacturing yield, marking the first time the Ascend production line has turned profitable. The company aims to improve the yield to 60%, ...
TweakTown

Huawei unveils next-gen Ascend 920 AI chip, a Chinese alternative to NVIDIA H20 AI GPU

TL;DR: Huawei's new Ascend 920 AI chip, built on SMIC's 6nm process, delivers 900 TFLOPs and 4TB/sec memory bandwidth, outperforming its predecessor and rival NVIDIA's restricted H20 GPU. Integrated ...
KSAT

China blasts new US rule banning use of Huawei's Ascend advanced computer chips

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Benzinga.com

Nvidia Faces New Challenge As Huawei Tests Powerful Ascend 910D AI Chip Amid US Sanctions, Aiming To Disrupt High-End Market: Report

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to reflect the correct ticker symbol for Nvidia. Huawei Technologies is reportedly preparing to test its most powerful artificial intelligence processor to ...
Digi Times

Huawei charts 6-year Ascend AI chip roadmap, showcasing HBM advances and SuperNode scale

Huawei is pressing ahead with its in-house chip and AI infrastructure strategy despite escalating US–China tech tensions. At Huawei Connect 2025 in Shanghai, deputy and rotating chairman Eric Xu ...