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Why Nvidia Still Powers China's Model Race Despite Huawei's Chip Push

Huawei’s Ascend chips still face software gaps as developers say moving training workloads could raise time and cost by at least 50%.

China’s leading model developers are still relying on Nvidia chips to train some of their most advanced models, despite Beijing’s push to replace foreign semiconductors with domestic alternatives. The problem is not simply whether Chinese-made chips can handle the workload. Switching hardware also means changing the software systems built around Nvidia’s CUDA platform, creating a costly engineering challenge for model developers. Huawei has deve…

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China’s most advanced artificial intelligence models are still being trained in Nvidia chips (LLM), as the prohibitively high cost of switching to local semiconductors continues to hamper China’s drive for self-sufficiency. While domestic hardware continues to advance, the change in chip architecture presents a strong [...] The post Chips Huawei Ascend still depend on NVIDIA’s AI models and China worries about stagnation first appeared on TransM…

Despite Beijing's self-sufficiency goal, Chinese developers remain dependent on Nvidia chips for model training due to transformation challenges in the software ecosystem and high transition costs. However, domestic solutions can be used in the inference phase.

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South China Morning Post broke the news in Hong Kong, Hong Kong on Monday, August 10, 2026.
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