Alibaba AI Chip Output Hits 100,000 Mark

Alibaba Group Holding has delivered more than 100,000 units of its most advanced artificial intelligence chip, the Zhenwu 810E—whose performance is said to rival Nvidia’s H20—highlighting the company’s growing role in China’s push to develop domestic alternatives to US processors, Ann Cao reported for the South China Morning Post (SCMP).

 The Zhenwu 810E is Alibaba’s most advanced in-house AI chip to date. (Photo: Alibaba Group)

The shipments, handled by Alibaba’s semiconductor arm T-Head, have already surpassed those of domestic rival Cambricon Technologies, according to sources who declined to be named because the information is not public.

Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post.

The Zhenwu 810E is a parallel processing unit—an application-specific integrated circuit designed for both AI training and inference—and represents Alibaba’s most advanced in-house AI chip to date.

The milestone underscores Alibaba’s expanding share of China’s fast-growing AI chip market as domestic players seek to reduce reliance on Nvidia amid strong demand for AI computing power and continued uncertainty over US export controls.

The update comes days after Bloomberg reported that Alibaba was preparing a potential listing of T-Head as investor interest in China’s semiconductor sector gathers momentum.