Alibaba deploys 10,000-card cluster amid global AI race
Tech giant Alibaba is intensifying its efforts in the global AI race by deploying a massive 10,000-card computing cluster. This infrastructure utilizes domestically developed chips and was launched in collaboration with China Telecom.
China is ramping up efforts in the AI race, as tech giants Alibaba Group Holding and Huawei Technologies deploy massive computing clusters in the push to develop home-grown infrastructure. E-commerce giant Alibaba has announced the deployment of a 10,000-card intelligent computing cluster powered by the Zhenwu AI chips developed by its T-Head semiconductor design arm. Launched in collaboration with China Telecom in the Shaoguan data centre in Guangdong province, the “fully domestic” cluster was....