T-Head Unveils Zhenwu V900 AI Chip in Alibaba’s Push to Expand Its AI Infrastructure Stack · TechNode

T-Head unveils Zhenwu V900 AI chip in Alibaba’s push to expand its AI infrastructure stack · TechNode

T-Head, Alibaba’s chip subsidiary, today unveiled its next-generation Zhenwu V900 AI chip for both training and inference at the 2026 Apsara Conference in Hangzhou. The company also outlined its roadmap for future Yitian server CPUs. The announcements show T-Head expanding beyond individual AI accelerators toward a full-stack chip strategy covering computing, storage, and networking as AI models grow larger and agentic applications become more w…

Alibaba unveils Zhenwu V900 AI chip with huge performance claim

Alibaba’s T-Head unit has unveiled the Zhenwu V900 for AI training and inference. The company claims a threefold performance gain over the M890, while commercial release is planned for early 2027.

Alibaba Cloud Apsara Supernode Stack Pairs Zhenwu V900 With ICN, Pangu NIC and Zhenyue SSD

Alibaba Cloud and T-Head used the 2026 Apsara Conference to present an upgraded supernode server stack that combines the Zhenwu V900 AI accelerator with T-Head's ICN Switch, Pangu smart NIC and Zhenyue SSD controller chips, aiming at system-level compute, network and storage coordination rather than a standalone accelerator unveil. Official English branding is Alibaba Cloud / T-Head. Zhenwu V900 appears here as a stack component; the editorial f…