The Wall Street Journal's front page reported that Chinese company Alibaba is seeking to fill the gap in China's artificial intelligence chips, as local companies are developing alternatives to NVIDIA's H20.
Alibaba has developed a new chip that is more powerful than its previous model, trying to fill the gap left by NVIDIA's inability to sell its products in China due to U.S. regulatory barriers.
Chinese chip companies and AI developers are expanding their domestic technology reserves, driven by the government's determination to surpass the United States in the AI race.
Alibaba has long been one of the largest customers of NVIDIA, the leading U.S. artificial intelligence chip company.
Industry insiders say there is still a big "gap" (as the U.S. media themselves believe) between China and the ability to produce chips comparable to the most advanced U.S. products, and Washington has banned China from importing these products. U.S. restrictions on access to cutting-edge chip manufacturing technology have "hindered" the development of Chinese factories.
Nevertheless, companies are still developing alternatives to the NVIDIA H20 chip, which is the most powerful AI processor that NVIDIA was approved to sell in China. President Trump allowed NVIDIA to resume exporting H20 to China in July, but soon after, Beijing informed companies not to purchase these chips at the moment, citing potential risks.
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