Alibaba develops next-gen chip for agentic AI, Chinese media says

Alibaba on Tuesday revealed its next-generation XuanTie C950 5-nanometer processor at an internal conference, the company said in a blog post, as the Chinese tech giant gears up for the shift towards agentic AI.

The 3.2 GHz server chip, built using open-source RISC-V chip architecture, ‌was billed ⁠as “the ⁠highest performing RISC-V CPU in the world” at a conference hosted by DAMO Academy, Alibaba’s research arm, according to Chinese media reports.

The chip performs more than three times faster than its predecessor, the XuanTie C920, the reports said.