Huawei Ascend 950DT Price Jumped 60% over Past Three Months

China’s AI Chipmakers Reportedly Raise Prices as HBM Shortage Drives Up Costs

Chinese AI chipmakers, including Huawei Technologies and Cambricon, have sharply raised prices for current and next-generation processors as soaring costs for high-bandwidth memory squeeze Beijing’s drive to build a domestic alternative to Nvidia’s advanced AI accelerators. Huawei has raised the indicated price of its Ascend 950DT accelerator card to more than 250,000 yuan ($37,255), two […]

HBM Shortage: Huawei Ascend 950DT Above 250,000 Yuan

HBM is now expensive enough that even the actual AI processor is slowly running the risk of becoming an accessory to the memory. According to a Reuters report of September 10, 2026, several Chinese manufacturers have significantly increased the prices of their current and upcoming AI accelerators. Huawei is now expected to charge more than 250,000 yuan or approximately 37,000 US dollars for the Ascend 950DT expected in the fourth quarter. Compar…

Huawei Ascend 950DT price jumped 60% over past three months

Huawei has recently informed some of its clients about the Ascend 950DT AI chip price increase. The company is significantly raising the cost of its most advanced semiconductor to deal with strong demand pressure in the market. Here are the details: Bloomberg reported that Huawei has increased the price of the Ascend 950DT AI chip […]