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Huawei wants to challenge Nvidia with a new AI chip

Several large companies are said to have already expressed their interest in the Huawei processor.

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Huawei wants to challenge global market leader Nvidia with a new generation of AI processors. Following tests at internet and telecommunications companies, the Chinese company's "Ascend 910C" chip is said to be about to be launched on the market.

The "Wall Street Journal" reported on Tuesday that it is technologically on a par with Nvidia's "H100" processor, which is specially tailored to the Chinese market, and is to be sold from October. Huawei initially had no comment.

In order to slow down the technological and military rise of the People's Republic, the USA has increasingly restricted the export of high technology to China. Chinese companies have therefore intensified their efforts to develop their own processors, among other things.

Huawei's AI chips are considered to be the most powerful available in China and do not come from Nvidia. In order to defend its market share, Nvidia has introduced several slimmed-down versions of its chips for the Chinese market in recent months.

Great interest in Huawei chip
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, TikTok parent company Bytedance, search engine operator Baidu and telecoms group China Mobile are interested in Huawei's Ascend 910C. Initial orders could include more than 70,000 processors with a total order volume of around two billion dollars.

This would put the chips at the same price level as competing products from Nvidia, which can also cost several tens of thousands of dollars each.