Reuters reported that Huawei, through its"ascend"The chip is targeting China's growing artificial intelligence market in response to Nvidia. Huawei, which has put its smartphone business on the back burner, has begun to tap into the AI potential in the Chinese market, with its Ascend GPU trying to compete with Nvidia's AI chips.
When it comes to market adoption for Chinese customers, the trend seems to be in favor of Huawei. Since Nvidia is currently under fire from tough regulations in the United States, Huawei is not only supplying Ascend chips to the Chinese tech giant, but also making it more competitive with Nvidia's alternatives in terms of performance and **, thus making it more in"Regional"The field of artificial intelligence has expanded its influence.
It has been reported in the past that Chinese companies tend to refuse to buy Nvidia's performance-reduced AI GPUs because they believe that Chinese alternatives are a better option, at least for workloads that require low inference power.
Reuters reported that Huawei is fighting for Nvidia's market share, which is why the company is prioritizing the development of Ascend AI chips over Kirin chips, which are designed specifically for smartphones. Since Huawei has a limited level of production facilities to meet the production of either of these architectures, and Huawei has realized that it can now make great strides in the Chinese artificial intelligence market, this decision seems to be a worthwhile trade-off.
However, not everything is smooth sailing for Huawei, as it has been revealed that the plant is facing a low yield rate, which could affect the production of Huawei Ascend 910B chips, at least cyclically. This means that if the company sees an increase in demand for its AI chips, it will be a hectic process for them, and it will not be easy for Huawei to replace Nvidia's current position, which may require more than just economic resources.