Huawei supplying new AI chip cluster to ex-Nvidia’s customers in Chin
Huawei reportedly began supplying its newly launched “CloudMatrix 384” AI chip cluster to Chinese customers. Interestingly, some of these clients recently moved away from Nvidia following the U.S. chipset controls and restrictions on H20.
China is seeking new solutions that can help it to survive under stringent US sanctions, and Huawei seems to be a helping hand in this battle with its efficient technologies.
According to FinancialTimes, Huawei is supplying its new and advanced AI chip cluster, CloudMatrix 384, to Chinese customers cut off from the U.S. chipmaker – Nvidia.
The CloudMatrix 384 is a system that links more than 300 AI processors to deliver the required computing power for developing AI models and useful services.
Some Chinese clients, including data centers and tech firms, have received Huawei’s latest technology. The company has taken this step when several customers in China were looking for better alternatives to Nvidia’s products.
Dylan Patel, the founder of chip consultancy SemiAnalysis, said:
The development of Huawei’s CloudMatrix 384 means China now has an AI system capable of beating Nvidia’s.
“It is compensating for weaker individual chip performance with advanced networking to boost the chip performance in a cluster.“
According to industry analysts, Huawei is impressing customers with the speed it has developed and started delivering CloudMatrix 384 in China. Up to this point, the company has shipped over 10 sets of the powerful cluster.
Huawei has escalated its chip improvements in recent times. The company aims to increase the potential of Chinese tech companies to fight against global competitors who are using the world’s best technologies in this area.
Inputs further reveal that Huawei recently announced that CloudMatrix can perform significantly better than Nvidia NVL72. The cluster runs on Ascend 910C processors that underperforms Nvidia’s GB200.
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FinancialTimes noted that,
Huawei claimed CloudMatrix outperformed NVL72 in key metrics, saying it was 67% higher in compute and more than 3x larger in aggregate memory capacity.
But CloudMatrix 384 has higher power consumption and needs a little bit of more maintenance than Nvidia’s technology, which increases operational costs by 3-5 times.
Though at present, it is serving as an efficient solution for Chinese clients. Perhaps, Huawei will make better changes to its new AI chip cluster in the future.
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