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Alibaba unveils Zhenwu V900 chip at Hangzhou conference with 2032 capacity goals

Alibaba Cloud announced the new Zhenwu V900 AI chip and a target of over 20 gigawatts of data center capacity by 2032 during its annual Apsara Conference in Hangzhou.

Alibaba wants to expand data center capacity past 20 GW by 2032, says its new V900 AI chip can scale to 500,000-card clusters, but will 'China's most powerful AI chip' be enough to displace Nvidia GPUs?
File photo Alibaba wants to expand data center capacity past 20 GW by 2032, says its new V900 AI chip can scale to 500,000-card clusters, but will 'China's most powerful AI chip' be enough to displace Nvidia GPUs? Photo: TechRadar

Chip specifications and performance claims

The T-Head unit unveiled the Zhenwu V900 with 216GB of memory and 1.2TB/s links. Alibaba states this new chip triples the performance of its predecessor model. The company describes the device as a GPU rather than an ASIC.

Cluster scaling and market positioning

Executives say the hardware can scale to clusters containing 500,000 cards. CEO Eddie Wu noted that supply-chain shortages currently limit growth for the company. The launch positions the product directly against Nvidia GPUs in the AI lab market.

Comparison with other domestic rivals

Shared specifications suggest the new chip will trail Huawei's Ascend 960DT which releases this quarter. Very few details regarding raw performance metrics were provided to the press. Both specs project the offering follows behind the competitor in current benchmarks.

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