Huawei Ascend AI Chip New Blueprint: Striving to Lead China’s Computing Power Journey

Huawei Ascend AI Chip New Blueprint: Striving to Lead China's Computing Power Journey

On September 18, at the 2025 Huawei Connect Conference held at the Shanghai Expo Center, Huawei’s Vice Chairman and Rotating Chairman Xu Zhijun delivered a keynote speech, announcing for the first time the clear product iteration roadmap for the Ascend AI chips over the next three years. This is not only a technology release but … Read more

Ascend Chips Open Source Soon: Will Your Phone Become ‘Iron Man’?

Ascend Chips Open Source Soon: Will Your Phone Become 'Iron Man'?

On the morning of August 26, Huawei’s Ascend concept stocks collectively staged a “dance party” —Tuowei Information surged to a limit increase, while Runhe Software rose over8%, with Tianyuan Dike, Ruantong Power, and others following closely behind.This scene resembled a rush of elderly customers during a supermarket egg discount. The catalyst igniting this enthusiasm was … Read more

Understanding the ASCEND NPU Chip Architecture

Understanding the ASCEND NPU Chip Architecture

Currently well-known computing processor architectures (data computation-centric) include: CPU, GPU, and NPU. What role does the NPU play here?In the context of today’s generative AI, heterogeneous processor combinations are used to achieve heterogeneous computing for different tasks by integrating NPUs, aiming for optimal application performance, energy efficiency, and power consumption. 1 Concept 1.1 Heterogeneous Computing … Read more

Goodbye, NVIDIA! Huawei’s NPU Achieves Near-Trillion Parameter Large Model

Goodbye, NVIDIA! Huawei's NPU Achieves Near-Trillion Parameter Large Model

Jin Lei from AofeisiQuantum Bit | WeChat Official Account QbitAI Now, training a trillion-parameter large model can completely say goodbye to NVIDIA. The one achieving this is Huawei! Technical report: arxiv.org/abs/2505.04519 It is important to note that before this, training a trillion-parameter large model faced many “roadblocks”. For example, challenges such as load balancing difficulties, … Read more

Huawei Ascend 910B Outperforms H20, 910C Approaches H100!

Huawei Ascend 910B Outperforms H20, 910C Approaches H100!

The performance comparison between Huawei’s Ascend 910 series (including 910, 910B, 910C) and NVIDIA’s AI chips (such as A100, H100, B200) is a complex issue that involves multiple dimensions, including computing power, energy efficiency, ecosystem, and application scenarios. 1. Performance Comparison of Huawei Ascend 910 Series and NVIDIA Chips Overview of Huawei Ascend 910 Series … Read more

What Level is the Ascend 910 NPU and How Does it Perform in the DeepSeek Integrated Machine?

What Level is the Ascend 910 NPU and How Does it Perform in the DeepSeek Integrated Machine?

The Ascend DeepSeek integrated machine is an AI solution based on self-developed Ascend AI chips (such as Ascend 910B and 910C) deeply integrated with the DeepSeek large model, aimed at providing a high-performance, low-cost, domestically produced AI computing power platform. This article provides a detailed analysis from various dimensions including the technology, products, architecture, specifications, … Read more

Deploying DeepSeek-32Bw8a8+Dify Knowledge Base Application on Ascend Servers/Development Boards

Deploying DeepSeek-32Bw8a8+Dify Knowledge Base Application on Ascend Servers/Development Boards

Step 1: First, apply for the device from Ascend, and obtain the Atlas 800 9000 server. Use the official account and password provided by Ascend to ensure you can log into the server. (1) Update the drivers, as the image provided by Ascend requires a specific version of the driver firmware. Download and install the … Read more

Huawei to Ship 910C Chip as Early as Next Month

Huawei to Ship 910C Chip as Early as Next Month

Two informed sources told Reuters that Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. plans to begin mass shipments of the “Ascend 910C” AI chip to Chinese customers as early as next month, with some chips already shipped ahead of schedule. Sources indicated that the upcoming 910C combines two 910B processors into a single package using advanced integration technology, … Read more

Huawei’s Ascend 910C AI Chip to be Mass Delivered, Replacing NVIDIA H20

Huawei's Ascend 910C AI Chip to be Mass Delivered, Replacing NVIDIA H20

Recently, according to Reuters, Huawei plans to begin mass delivery of its self-developed Ascend 910C artificial intelligence chip to Chinese customers as early as May, with some orders already completed ahead of schedule. This move is seen as a key breakthrough for China’s AI industry in response to the U.S. technology blockade and may reshape … Read more