Huawei set to unveil China’s best answer to Nvidia AI chip reign
People walk past the Huawei booth, where the Atlas 950 SuperPoD system is displayed, during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on July 17. | REUTERS
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Sep 17, 2026
Huawei Technologies is set to unveil new AI technology this week in defiance of U.S. export control curbs, advancing its ambition to replace Nvidia in China and compete on the global stage.
Huawei’s rotating chairman Wang Tao will present its upcoming Ascend 960 AI chips, to be commercially available in 2027, at the company’s annual summit in Shanghai on Thursday.
Some critical details that analysts will watch out for include whether the new component will be powerful enough for training frontier AI models.
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