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Thursday 24 September 2026
Alibaba Zhenwu V900 joins Huawei Ascend 960 in race to fill Nvidia's China AI compute gap
Alibaba has formally unveiled its self-developed Zhenwu V900 AI chip at the 2026 Apsara Conference, with CEO Eddie Wu describing the T-Head Semiconductor-designed processor as "China's...
Tuesday 22 September 2026
Alibaba expands full-stack AI push as cloud data centers target 20 GW by 2032
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. doubled down on its full-stack AI strategy at the 2026 Apsara Conference, which opened on Sept. 22 at the Hangzhou International Expo Center. Alibaba Group...
Monday 20 July 2026
Alibaba open-sources AI chip software, launches Zhenwu cloud supernode service
Alibaba Group's chip design unit, T-Head, has open-sourced the software stack behind its Zhenwu AI processors while extending the platform from individual accelerators into rack-scale...
Friday 26 June 2026
Alibaba chip unit T-Head triples registered capital amid AI push
Alibaba Group's semiconductor design arm T-Head has more than tripled its registered capital, underscoring the Chinese technology giant's growing focus on artificial intelligence infrastructure...
Wednesday 20 May 2026
Alibaba's T-Head doubles down on AI infrastructure with Zhenwu M890
Alibaba Cloud has unveiled the Zhenwu M890, a new proprietary AI training and inference chip developed by its semiconductor subsidiary T-Head Semiconductor, as the Chinese cloud group...
Tuesday 24 March 2026
The chip gap: How Alibaba is pulling away from Tencent in China's AI arms race
Alibaba Group has been quietly building something big. Over recent years, it has pushed steadily into in-house chip development — moving from design and research all the way...
Wednesday 11 February 2026
Alibaba builds Google-class AI stack with 'golden triangle' chip, cloud and model integration
Alibaba has completed the final piece of its AI strategy. T-Head Semiconductor has launched the Zhenwu 810E AI chip, developed in-house by Alibaba across hardware and software. The...
Friday 30 January 2026
Alibaba, Baidu advance IPO plans for AI chip subsidiaries
China's two largest technology companies, Alibaba and Baidu, have launched initial public offering (IPO) processes for their semiconductor design subsidiaries, a move widely seen as...
Tuesday 27 January 2026
Alibaba's DAMO Academy drives core AI chip development behind T-Head Semiconductor
T-Head Semiconductor, a subsidiary of Alibaba, is reportedly preparing for an initial public offering (IPO), signaling a new growth phase for China's domestic AI chip sector. Industry...
Monday 26 January 2026
Commentary: China's RISC-V progress from C-Sky to T-Head
Alibaba is rumored to be evaluating a plan to spin off T-Head Semiconductor for a potential listing. T-Head may still appear to be a young company, but to the semiconductor industry,...
Friday 23 January 2026
Alibaba's T-Head Semiconductor reportedly eyes IPO amid China chip boom
Alibaba is reportedly planning to spin off its chip unit, T-Head Semiconductor, and pursue an initial public offering (IPO) to capitalize on the current surge in Chinese chipmaker...
Friday 19 September 2025
Alibaba's T-Head AI chip rivals Nvidia H20, wins major China Unicom data center deal
Alibaba's chip design arm T-Head has introduced its latest AI accelerator, the PPU, positioning it as a rival to Nvidia's China-only H20 GPU. The processor has already been rolled...
Tuesday 11 February 2025
Why TSMC elects to reveal its earthquake loss figures now
In recent months, as the US has tightened its AI restrictions and unleashed disruptive tariff measures, many believe that TSMC will be the first to bear the brunt. However, after TSMC...
Tuesday 12 November 2024
Five key impacts of TSMC's 7nm AI chip sales halt to China
TSMC has reportedly notified Chinese customers that shipments of AI-related chips made with 7nm or below processes will be halted. Additionally, any AI chip projects initiated after...
Friday 17 November 2023
China achieves RISC-V server milestone amidst potential US sanctions
Sophgo and T-head, in collaboration with Shandong University (SDU), have achieved a significant feat by deploying a RISC-V CPU server cluster in the cloud. David Chen, Alibaba's Ecosystem...