Alibaba's T-Head AI Chip Rivals Nvidia H20, Wins Major China Unicom Data Center Deal

Alibaba's T-Head AI chip rivals Nvidia H20, wins major China Unicom data center deal

Alibaba's chip design arm T-Head has introduced its latest AI accelerator, the PPU, positioning it as a rival to Nvidia's China-only H20 GPU. The processor has already been rolled out in volume at China Unicom's Sanjiangyuan Big Data Base in Qinghai, representing one of the country's largest deployments of homegrown AI chips.

China Deploys Domestic AI Chips in $390M Qinghai Data Center - HostingJournalist.com

China is advancing its push for technological self-reliance with the deployment of domestically produced artificial intelligence chips in a major new data center, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Tuesday. The announcement highlights ongoing efforts by Beijing to reduce reliance on foreign technology as geopolitical tensions over semiconductors intensify.According to information displayed during a visit by Chinese Premier Li Qiang to Qinghai pr…