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Huawei Connect 2025: Details Unveiled on Open-Source AI Platform
At Huawei Connect 2025, Huawei detailed its plan to open-source its AI software stack by year-end, including CANN, the Mind series, and OpenPangu models. This move aims to address developer challenges and foster collaboration. CANN will offer open interfaces for its compiler, while the Mind series development environment commits to full open-source. Huawei also plans to open-source its UB OS Component for flexible OS integration and prioritize compatibility with PyTorch and vLLM. The success hinges on initial release quality, community support, and clear governance.
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Huawei Challenges Nvidia’s AI Dominance, Pushes Homegrown Ascend Chips in Mideast and Southeast Asia Alternative concise options: 1. Huawei Pitches Ascend AI Chips Across Mideast, Southeast Asia in Nvidia Challenge 2. Beyond Nvidia: Huawei Markets Self-Developed Ascend AI Chips to Mideast, Southeast Asia 3. Huawei Seeks Mideast, Southeast Asia Sales for Ascend AI Chips to Rival Nvidia Selected best fit: **Huawei Challenges Nvidia’s AI Chip Dominance with Homegrown Ascend Line in Mideast, Southeast Asia**
Huawei is expanding into the global AI chip market, targeting the Middle East (UAE, Saudi Arabia) and Southeast Asia (Thailand) with its Ascend 910B chip, challenging NVIDIA. To attract clients, it’s promoting its CloudMatrix 384 super AI server, powered by the Ascend 910C chip. This server integrates 384 Ascend NPUs and 192 Kunpeng CPUs, offering high throughput (2,300 tokens/sec) and massive scalability (up to 160,000 cards). It supports stable, resilient operation. While highlighting its AI cloud services as ideal for large models, Huawei is not exporting the Ascend 910C overseas due to supply constraints, prioritizing Chinese firms impacted by US restrictions. (98 words)
