{
  "id": 7975778,
  "title": "Huawei schedules two Ascend AI chips for 2027",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/huawei-schedules-two-ascend-ai-chips-for-2027",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-17T06:06:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Arabian Post",
    "slug": "arabian-post",
    "url": "https://thearabianpost.com/huawei-schedules-two-ascend-ai-chips-for-2027-3/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Huawei Technologies announced plans to release two new artificial intelligence processors in 2027, aiming to provide computing power for China despite US export controls restricting access to Nvidia's advanced chips. The company's rotating chairman, David Wang, revealed that the 960DT will launch in the first quarter of 2027, followed by the Ascend 960PR in the third quarter. These accelerators are part of Huawei's strategy to build domestic alternatives for training and running AI models, reflecting a shift towards system-level performance over individual chip capabilities. Huawei unveiled the Ascend 960 SuperPoD and an upgraded UnifiedBus interconnect technology, capable of connecting up to 4,000 processors within a SuperPoD. The company also mentioned developing the Atlas 960 SuperPoD and SuperCluster, each designed to combine over one million neural processing units. Huawei's current roadmap includes the Ascend 950DT, set to launch in the fourth quarter of 2026, featuring HiZQ 2.0 high-bandwidth memory for model training and inference workloads. US restrictions on China's access to advanced semiconductor manufacturing have given Huawei an opportunity to expand its domestic supplier base. However, challenges remain, including shortages of high-bandwidth memory and the need to improve both hardware and software to reduce dependence on foreign computing infrastructure.",
  "summary": "Huawei Technologies has laid out plans to launch two new artificial intelligence processors in 2027, strengthening its push to supply the computing power China needs as US export controls restrict access to Nvidia’s most advanced chips. Rotating chairman David Wang said at Huawei Connect 2026 in Shanghai on Thursday that the company plans to release the 960DT in the first quarter of 2027 and the…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Huawei plans to launch the Ascend 960DT AI chip in Q1 2027 and the 960PR in Q3 2027, and says its UnifiedBus tech is key to its next-generation large AI systems (Reuters)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/huawei-plans-to-launch-the-ascend-960dt-ai-chip-in-q1-2027-and-the",
        "published": "2026-09-17T05:55:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}