According to a social media post by Alibaba's DAMO Academy, which develops some of its chips, the new XuanTie C950 is ready to power cloudy servers, generative AI workloads, high-end robotics, and edge computing devices. Alibaba launched its most aggressive AI push yet, unveiling a new flagship large language model, a homegrown AI chip that triples the performance of its predecessor, and a rebuilt cloud platform designed from the ground up for autonomous AI agents. chipmakers amid tightening export restrictions. The company introduced the Zhenwu M890 on Wednesday at its annual cloud summit in China. Alibaba designed the XuanTie C950 central processor unit (CPU) for agentic AI purposes. While much of the attention has focused on GPUs, an area Nvidia dominates, CPUs are seen as key for AI inferencing and agents. The XuanTie C950 is based on RISC-V architecture, which is a rival to Arm's. (China Daily) Alibaba Cloud, the cloud arm of tech giant Alibaba Group, has unveiled a new artificial intelligence chip and an ambitious multi-year semiconductor roadmap, as the company pushes to build a domestic alternative to Nvidia-powered AI infrastructure.
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