China’s biggest cloud-computing company unveils AI chip to challenge Nvidia

China’s biggest cloud-computing company, Alibaba, has developed an AI chip in a move to address the supply gaps created after Nvidia faced regulatory barriers for selling its most advanced products in China. This comes as Chinese chip companies are building their arsenal of homegrown technology as the Chinese government pushes to win the global AI race against the US.

However, industry insiders say that China still has to do a lot more to rival the most advanced American products, a report by the Wall Street Journal said. Nevertheless, Chinese companies are actively developing substitutes for Nvidia’s H20 chip, which is currently the most powerful AI processor Nvidia is permitted to sell in China.