Huawei says its new AI chip, the Ascend 910C, will rival the NVIDIA H100
In recent weeks, Chinese internet companies and telecommunications operators have been spotted testing Huawei's new AI chip, the Ascend 910C , which Huawei is promoting to potential customers as 'comparable to NVIDIA's H100.'
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'Ascend' is an AI chip with high computing power that Huawei has been developing since 2018, and in 2019 released the 'Ascend 910', billed as 'the world's most powerful AI processor'.
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China is subject to export restrictions on various products by the United States, and from September 2022, NVIDIA's 'A100' and 'H100' will also be banned.
In this situation, Huawei's Ascend 910B became popular as an alternative to chips that were unavailable in China. The Ascend 910B was said to have performance that exceeded that of the A100.
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The Ascend 910C is an evolved version of the Ascend 910B, and according to Huawei, it has performance comparable to NVIDIA's H100.
NVIDIA is competing with the 'H20' chip, which has performance limited to export to China, but since the performance of the H20 does not meet the needs, it is reported that they are developing and exporting a flagship AI chip for China, the 'B20,' which has twice the performance of the H20.
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If the Ascend 910C really does have performance comparable to the H100, then even the B20 will fall short, meaning NVIDIA will be forced into a tough battle in the Chinese market.
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