Huawei Technologies, a Chinese tech giant, announced that it will build a new artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure architecture to compete with U.S.-based chip manufacturer Nvidia’s most advanced systems.
Amid the global trade war between the U.S and China, the launch shows Huawei’s growing ambition to compete head-on with Western dominance in the AI sector, according to the report.
Huawei Launches Powerful AI Supernode
The centerpiece of this launch is the CloudMatrix 384 Supernode, which Huawei quietly introduced last week. According to a report by STAR Market Daily, the system has been described internally as a “nuclear-level product”. It is expected to match Nvidia’s NVL72 in addressing computing bottlenecks, which is a major obstacle that hinders the performance of AI data centers.
Nvidia’s NVL72 was introduced in March 2023, which enhances AI computing within its 72-GPU NVLink domain. This interconnect system allowed GPUs to function as a unified powerhouse, which enables real-time inference for trillion-parameter large language models (LLMs) at up to 30 times the speed of previous models.
In a direct comparison, Huawei’s new supernode reportedly delivered 300 petaflops of computing power, which is much higher than NVL72’s 180 petaflops.
At present, Huawei’s supernode is being deployed in its own data centers located in Wuhu. It reflects what could be an early but telling move in the real-world application and scalability testing. However, the company has not made any official comment on the matter.
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