Huawei has introduced a new Ascend 920 chip , which should become a competitor to the NVIDIA H20 in the artificial intelligence market . He writes about it WCCFTECH , with reference to Digitimes .
This step has become a response to US ban Exports of NVIDIA H20 Chips to China , which has created the opportunity for Huawei to strengthen its position . Ascend 920 is made using SMIC 6 nm technology, which is an improvement compared to the previous Ascend 910C model, which used 7 nm. It is reported that the new chip provides productivity of 900 TFLOPS and a 4000GB/s memory capacity.
Huawei states that Ascend 920 is 30-40% faster than the previous generation, making it potentially better than NVIDIA H20. However, the final conclusions will be made after its testing by independent experts.
In addition, Huawei actively develops a segment of artificial intelligence clusters. Its Cloudmatrix 384 system, built on the basis of Ascend 910C, demonstrates higher performance compared to the advanced NVIDIA systems, such as GB200 NVL72.
This development demonstrates Huawei ambitions to become a leader in artificial intelligence, especially in the conditions of restrictions for NVIDIA. Ascend 920 can be a key element in the company's strategy for the dominance in the SI market.
