Tech war: Huawei launches new AI architecture said to rival Nvidia’s products

Tech war: Huawei launches new AI architecture said to rival Nvidia’s products

China’s Huawei Technologies has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure architecture that is reportedly set to rival US chip giant Nvidia’s offerings in addressing computing power bottlenecks. Introduced last week, the CloudMatrix 384 Supernode was described as a “nuclear-level product” that matched Nvidia’s NVL72 system in alleviating computing bottlenecks for AI data centres, STAR…

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Alibaba’s Joe Tsai: Xi Jinping’s entrepreneur meeting fuels business confidence in China

Alibaba’s Joe Tsai: Xi Jinping’s entrepreneur meeting fuels business confidence in China

President Xi Jinping’s high-profile meeting with technology business leaders last month significantly enhanced the confidence of Chinese companies, prompting Alibaba Group Holding to make substantial investments in artificial intelligence (AI), according to company chairman and co-founder Joe Tsai during a conference in Singapore. “I wouldn’t underestimate the importance of that event,” Tsai said on Wednesday…

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Alibaba’s US$52 billion capex seen as catalyst for China’s Big Tech in AI race

Alibaba’s US$52 billion capex seen as catalyst for China’s Big Tech in AI race

Alibaba Group Holding is spearheading China’s Big Tech sector in the race for global leadership in artificial intelligence (AI) technology and infrastructure with its spending plan, competing with US giants like Apple and Microsoft for first-mover advantage, analysts said. The e-commerce leader’s 380 billion yuan (US$52.4 billion) capital expenditure for computing resources and AI infrastructure…

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AMD Challenges Nvidia With New AI Chip

AMD Challenges Nvidia With New AI Chip

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) on Thursday (Oct. 10) unveiled a new artificial intelligence (AI) chip aimed at breaking Nvidia’s stronghold on the lucrative data center GPU market. The launch of AMD’s Instinct MI325X accelerator marks an escalation in the AI hardware arms race, with implications for businesses investing in AI. AMD’s announcement came during its…

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