High-Performance Computing

At Huawei Connect 2025, Huawei revealed its Ascend chip roadmap, including the 950, 960, and 970 series for AI and HPC, challenging NVIDIA’s dominance. Despite semiconductor manufacturing challenges, Huawei focuses on domestic design, proprietary tech, and open-source strategies. New Ascend chips promise performance leaps with enhanced interconnects. Huawei’s SuperPoD and SuperCluster strategy, powered by UnifiedBus 2.0 (an open protocol), aims to provide scalable, high-performance computing, expanding into general-purpose computing with Kunpeng 950 processors and TaiShan SuperPod. Huawei claims significant performance advantages over competitors.

Boost Run, an AI cloud infrastructure provider, is going public via a $614 million SPAC deal with Willow Lane Acquisition Corp. (WLAC). The merger aims to capitalize on surging demand for AI computing solutions. Boost Run projects rapid revenue growth and high profitability, fueled by strategic GPU purchases and software development. Key advantages include partnerships with Lenovo and TierPoint, and a secure, bare-metal platform. The combined company, Boost Run, Inc. (BRUN), will trade on Nasdaq, pending customary closing conditions.