Huawei Advances Domestic Semiconductor Ecosystem with Ascend AI Chips
Huawei’s Ascend AI chip ecosystem is expanding as China seeks to establish an independent semiconductor industry. The company's in-house processors and their associated supplier network form the backbone of a national effort for full domestic production of chips, including high-end AI chips, optical networks, packaging materials, photoresists, and gas delivery systems.
More than 60 semiconductor companies are backed by Huawei’s investment arm Hubble, while local partners like Empyrean are working on design toolchains to create an alternative to Nvidia's software ecosystem. This was showcased at the China Hi-Tech Fair in Shenzhen with the unveiling of the CloudMatrix 384 system, which integrates 384 Ascend 910C processors and is positioned as a direct competitor to Nvidia’s GB200 platform....
