{
  "id": 11031575,
  "title": "Huawei boss claims homegrown AI chip sales top Nvidia in China",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/huawei-boss-claims-homegrown-ai-chip-sales-top-nvidia-in-china",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-30T20:16:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Register Science",
    "slug": "the-register-science",
    "url": "https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/09/30/huawei-boss-claims-homegrown-ai-chip-sales-top-nvidia-in-china/5300266"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Eric Xu, Huawei's rotating chairman, has claimed that the company's Ascend AI chips have surpassed Nvidia in market share within China. While it's challenging to gather accurate data on Nvidia's Chinese market share, Xu stated that Ascend's dominance is due to the urgency Chinese individuals feel in accessing certain products. The Trump administration's export control policies have not stopped Huawei from filling the void left by Nvidia's products in the Chinese market. Despite the US reversing its stance and allowing Nvidia to sell its more powerful H200-series chips to Chinese customers, the initial restrictions had already prompted Beijing officials to encourage domestic chip manufacturers. Huawei's Ascend chips, while currently not matching Nvidia's performance, offer scalability and are being deployed in large-scale AI training clusters. However, Huawei is not aiming to challenge Nvidia in the international market just yet, focusing primarily on satisfying domestic demand. Transitioning to domestic chips has been facilitated by advances in software and the evolving programming paradigms, which have reduced the dependence on hardware-specific ecosystems like CUDA.",
  "summary": "The chips may not be as advanced, but they won't get banned at a moment's notice, Eric Xu says",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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      {
        "outlet": "The Register",
        "title": "Huawei boss claims homegrown AI chip sales top Nvidia in China",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/huawei-boss-claims-homegrown-ai-chip-sales-top-nvidia-in-china-11033749",
        "published": "2026-09-30T20:16:14.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}