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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With DeepSeek, China moves to take on Nvidia’s CUDA ecosystem

With DeepSeek, China moves to take on Nvidia’s CUDA ecosystem

DeepSeek is generating unprecedented momentum for China’s efforts to reduce its reliance on the ecosystem of Nvidia, as domestic chip developers rush to tailor their products for the artificial intelligence (AI) start-up’s low-cost, high-performance models, according to corporate statements and local media reports. For years, China’s domestic chip developers have viewed Nvidia with admiration, as…

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Tech war: Huawei cloud unit powers DeepSeek models in China’s bid for AI autonomy

Tech war: Huawei cloud unit powers DeepSeek models in China’s bid for AI autonomy

The cloud-computing unit of Huawei Technologies has worked overtime with a local company during the Lunar New Year holidays to make DeepSeek’s artificial intelligence (AI) models available to end users on its platform in an efficient and affordable way. Huawei’s cloud unit teamed up with Beijing-based AI infrastructure start-up SiliconFlow to make DeepSeek’s large language…

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Zhipu, one of China’s ‘AI Tigers’, raises US$210 million for venture capital fund

Zhipu, one of China’s ‘AI Tigers’, raises US$210 million for venture capital fund

Zhipu AI, one of China’s top generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) start-ups, has announced the initial closing of its venture capital vehicle, which aims to invest in related start-ups to strengthen the company’s ecosystem, borrowing a page from ChatGPT owner OpenAI. The Zhipu Ecosystem Fund, also known as the Z Fund, raised 1.5 billion yuan (US$211…

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