Huawei Distributes Ascend 910C AI Chip Samples to Baidu, ByteDance

Sep 29, 2024, 10:13 AM

Huawei has started distributing samples of its new Ascend 910C AI chip to Chinese tech giants such as Baidu and ByteDance for testing. The Ascend 910C is claimed to be on par with Nvidia’s flagship H100 GPUs, which are currently the gold standard in AI processing power. This development signifies a significant advancement for China in the ongoing chip war, as it seeks to reduce reliance on Nvidia and other foreign chip manufacturers. Huawei's move is seen as a major step in filling the void left by Nvidia in the Chinese market, and it underscores the rapid progress being made by Chinese firms in AI technology. The Ascend-910B has also been in high demand, and limitations on SERDES chips have affected chip-to-chip interconnect.