Huawei Unveils CloudMatrix 384 AI System to Compete With Nvidia's Top Offering

Huawei Technologies has unveiled its CloudMatrix 384 artificial intelligence computing system, a product industry experts say rivals Nvidia’s most advanced offering.

The system made its public debut Saturday at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, drawing significant attention from attendees and the global AI community.

CloudMatrix 384 features 384 of Huawei’s latest 910C chips and is designed to outperform Nvidia’s GB200 NVL72 system, which uses 72 B200 chips, according to semiconductor research group SemiAnalysis.

The system’s performance is attributed to Huawei’s system design, which compensates for weaker individual chip performance by using more chips and advanced system-level innovations.

Huawei says the CloudMatrix 384 uses a “supernode” architecture that enables ultra-high-speed interconnection between chips.

The system has been operational on Huawei’s cloud platform since June, according to Huawei Cloud CEO Zhang Pingan.

Huawei has emerged as China’s leading domestic supplier of AI chips, despite facing U.S. export restrictions.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang acknowledged in May that Huawei had been “moving quite fast” and cited the CloudMatrix system as an example.

Huawei staff at WAIC declined to provide further details about the system, and the company did not respond to questions.

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• Huawei debuted its CloudMatrix 384 AI system at WAIC in Shanghai

• The system uses 384 910C chips and rivals Nvidia’s GB200 NVL72

• It features a “supernode” architecture for high-speed chip interconnection

Source: REUTERS