Alibaba's AI Chips Score Big Win with China Unicom!
China Unicom has built a large data center using AI chips from Alibaba and others to reduce reliance on foreign technology.
China Unicom has built a large data center using AI chips from Alibaba and others to reduce reliance on foreign technology.
China banned Nvidia AI chips (RTX Pro 6000D, H20) for top tech firms like ByteDance & Alibaba. This boosts its domestic chip industry as local AI chips are now seen as comparable or better than Nvidia's allowed models. Companies must now use homegrown solutions.
China is accelerating homegrown AI chip development to counter US restrictions. Alibaba, MetaX, and Huawei are innovating with new chips for inference, though advanced AI model training remains a challenge. Despite hurdles, experts believe China could soon rival US AI tech.