Monday, September 30th 2024

Huawei Starts Shipping "Ascend 910C" AI Accelerator Samples to Large NVIDIA Customers

Huawei has reportedly started shipping its Ascend 910C accelerator—the company's domestic alternative to NVIDIA's H100 accelerator for AI training and inference. As the report from China South Morning Post notes, Huawei is shipping samples of its accelerator to large NVIDIA customers. This includes companies like Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent, which have ordered massive amounts of NVIDIA accelerators. However, Huawei is on track to deliver 70,000 chips, potentially worth $2 billion. With NVIDIA working on a B20 accelerator SKU that complies with US government export regulations, the Huawei Ascend 910C accelerator could potentially outperform NVIDIA's B20 processor, per some analyst expectations.

If the Ascend 910C receives positive results from Chinese tech giants, it could be the start of Huawei's expansion into data center accelerators, once hindered by the company's ability to manufacture advanced chips. Now, with foundries like SMIC printing 7 nm designs and possibly 5 nm coming soon, Huawei will leverage this technology to satisfy the domestic demand for more AI processing power. Competing on a global scale, though, remains a challenge. Companies like NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel have access to advanced nodes, which gives their AI accelerators more efficiency and performance.
Source: SCMP
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4 Comments on Huawei Starts Shipping "Ascend 910C" AI Accelerator Samples to Large NVIDIA Customers

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AleksandarK
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DeathtoGnomestitle typo? Stats or Starts? ;)
Yup, thanks for pointing out! :)
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Caring1
How large does an Nvidia customer have to be to get a sample? 500pounds? or fatter? :laugh:
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