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A number of Chinese companies, led by Alibaba, Baidu, Tencent and HiSilicon,  are bringing out AI ICs but their competitiveness is likely to be impeded by

Huaweis next-generation Ascend 910B AI accelerator purportedly uses SMICs N+2 process technology.

Huawei’s subsidiary HiSilicon has made significant strides in the independent R&D of AI chips, launching the next-gen Ascend 910B. These chips are utilised not only in Huaweis public cloud infrastructure but also sold to other Chinese companies.

High-end AI chip development remains constrained due to the US Entity List and restrictions on advanced process EDA.

At Huawei Connect 2023, iFLYTEK and Huawei Data Center Network (DCN) initiated a joint innovation project to build a super-connectivity AI base.