Huawei is touting the new Ascend 910D chip as an Nvidia H100 challenger, but skepticism remains

Huawei is preparing to test its most advanced AI chip to date Reports says Ascend 910D aims to challenge Nvidia H100 in AI performance Analysts are skeptical, due to software gaps and ecosystem disadvantages Huawei has been stepping up its ambitions to be seen as the Chinese rival to Nvidia in recent weeks – first, launching a new AI infrastructure architecture set, the CloudMatrix 384 Supernode, to rival the U.S. chip giant’s NVL72 system. Then, a day after the United States announced plans to further tighten restrictions on AI chip exports to China – including Nvidia’s H20 processor – Huawei…