Huawei quickens AI chip pace, promises next entrant 3 quarters early
Huawei Technologies said on Thursday that it would launch its next-generation artificial intelligence chip in the first quarter of 2027, moving the target launch forward by nine months as the firm aggressively expands its ecosystem amid China’s self-sufficiency push. David Wang Tao, rotating and acting chairman for Huawei, said on Thursday that the Ascend 960DT chip, an AI chip designed for model…
Huawei Technologies has announced that it plans to launch its next-generation artificial intelligence chip, the Ascend 960DT, in the first quarter of 2027, moving the target launch forward by nine months. The chip is designed for model training and promises to double performance compared to its predecessor. The Ascend 960PR, intended for AI model inference, will follow in the third quarter of 2027, a quarter ahead of schedule.
These announcements were made at the Huawei Connect 2026 conference in Shanghai, with the company aiming to continue an annual upgrade cycle for the Ascend series. The Ascend 960DT is expected to significantly improve performance in training and inference for 10-trillion-parameter models compared to the Atlas 950 SuperPoD, which is scheduled for deployment by the end of 2026.
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