Huawei’s answer to Nvidia isn’t a faster chip, it’s a much bigger machine

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Huawei announced its Ascend 960DT AI processor arriving in early 2027, alongside a new Atlas 960E SuperPoD system using near-packaged optics for high efficiency and reliability. The system integrates 4,096 NPUs delivering 8 EFLOPS at FP8 precision, emphasizing optical interconnects over raw chip speed.

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