Amid speculation over a potential spinoff and IPO application, Alibaba’s chip unit T-Head has released its latest chip. According to Chinese outlet Phoenix New Media, Alibaba T-Head has listed its high-end AI chip, Zhenwu 810E, on its official website, with the report noting that the chip featur...

The use of generative AI developed by Chinese companies is expanding. After DeepSeek shocked the world a year ago, the country’s open-source models have steadily gained momentum. According to Nikkei, generative AI developed by Chinese companies account for about 15% of global market share in Novem...

China’s AI chip sector could be approaching another high-profile listing. According to Bloomberg, sources say Alibaba is preparing to take its chipmaking arm, T-Head, public. As an initial move, Alibaba is said to be restructuring the unit into a business partly owned by employees, before explorin...

According to Tom’s Hardware, citing Financial Times, China’s Cyberspace Administration (CAC) has reportedly barred major firms, including ByteDance and Alibaba, from purchasing NVIDIA’s RTX Pro 6000D.  As Chosun Biz highlights, the RTX Pro 6000D was designed specifically for the Chinese marke...

According to EE Times China, during a report on China Unicom’s Sanjiangyuan data center, China’s CCTV News unexpectedly revealed a table titled “Comparison of Key Parameters Between Domestic and NV Cards.” The table highlighted how homegrown AI chips deployed at the data center — including...