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Huawei chip to take on Hopper

Towards the end of May, Huawei is reported by the Wall Street Journal to be intending to sample its Ascend 910D AI processor which is aimed at competing with Nvidia’s 2022-vintage Hopper processor H100.

Mass production of the 910D is reported to be scheduled for Q1 2026 on SMIC’s 7nm process.

Huawei chip to take on HopperIt is said that the 910D can be competitive for AI inference tasks with the H100, but does not match the H100 for AI training workloads.

Nonetheless, at the rack-scale, Huawei’s 910C chip – the predecessor to 910D – could match Nvidia for performance, though not efficiency, and the 910D is said to focus on delivering better efficiency when operating in datacentres.



The  910C, is said to be shipping in volume in May.

David Manners

David Manners

David Manners has more than forty-years experience writing about the electronics industry, its major trends and leading players. As well as writing business, components and research news, he is the author of the site's most popular blog, Mannerisms. This features series of posts such as Fables, Markets, Shenanigans, and Memory Lanes, across a wide range of topics.

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