China’s Alibaba unveils new powerful chip and ambitious AI model plans
AgenciesChina’s Alibaba unveiled new artificial intelligence chip technologies and plans for more powerful models on Tuesday, including what it said was China’s most powerful AI ch...
Alibaba unveiled its most powerful AI chip, the Zhenwu V900, and ambitious plans for a new AI model with 5 to 10 trillion parameters at its annual flagship conference in Hangzhou on Tuesday. The chip is described as the "most powerful AI chip in China today," delivering three times the performance of its previous generation Zhenwu M890 chip.
The new chip is used in Alibaba's data centers to provide computing power for its cloud clients and AI model training and inference processes. Alibaba plans to train a next-generation AI model at a scale comparable to the most advanced models currently developed by US companies. The company's latest Qwen3.8-Max model, the most powerful within its Qwen AI series, currently has 2.4 trillion parameters.
Chinese AI company Moonshot claims its Kimi K3, released in July, is the world's largest open model with 2.8 trillion parameters. Alibaba is also expanding its data centers to meet the growing demand for AI computing, projecting over 20 gigawatts of computing power by 2032. This follows recent advancements in Chinese AI, giving Beijing more leverage in upcoming talks with Washington.
US AI leaders, including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, have warned that China's AI development poses a threat to the United States and called for a slowdown in AI technology development. US President Donald Trump is set to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Washington on Wednesday, during which AI, trade, and tariffs are expected to be discussed.
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