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Alibaba Unveils New AI Chip It Says Is China’s Most Powerful

The Alibaba Cloud栖 Conference Kicks Off in Full Swing: China's Most Powerful AI Chip, a 10-Trillion-Parameter Model, and a 20-GW Data Center​


On September 22, at the 2026 Hangzhou Yunqi Conference, Alibaba Group CEO Wu Yongming issued the clearest signal yet of AI expansion, positioning machine intelligence as the most profound transformation in human society since the Industrial Revolution and anchoring a full-stack strategy spanning AI models, AI chips, and AI cloud.

T-Head officially unveiled its next-generation AI chip, the "Zhenwu V900." Positioned as China's highest‑performing AI chip to date, it delivers three times the computational power of its predecessor, the Zhenwu M890.

In terms of cluster scalability, a single cluster built on the Zhenwu V900 can scale to an astonishing 500,000 GPUs, easily supporting the training and inference of cutting-edge supermodels. Looking ahead, Alibaba expects that, as T-Head's chip product line matures and gains broad customer adoption, its AI chip annual shipments will increase significantly.

In terms of advances in large AI models, the Qwen team is exploring a concrete technical pathway toward artificial superintelligence (ASI): recursive self-improvement (RSI).

Alibaba disclosed plans to train a new model with 5 to 10 trillion parameters, aiming to tackle more complex, long‑range tasks. Meanwhile, multimodal models that integrate understanding and generation have also become a core R&D focus.
 

Alibaba Unveils New AI Chip It Says Is China’s Most Powerful

The Alibaba Cloud栖 Conference Kicks Off in Full Swing: China's Most Powerful AI Chip, a 10-Trillion-Parameter Model, and a 20-GW Data Center​


On September 22, at the 2026 Hangzhou Yunqi Conference, Alibaba Group CEO Wu Yongming issued the clearest signal yet of AI expansion, positioning machine intelligence as the most profound transformation in human society since the Industrial Revolution and anchoring a full-stack strategy spanning AI models, AI chips, and AI cloud.

T-Head officially unveiled its next-generation AI chip, the "Zhenwu V900." Positioned as China's highest‑performing AI chip to date, it delivers three times the computational power of its predecessor, the Zhenwu M890.

In terms of cluster scalability, a single cluster built on the Zhenwu V900 can scale to an astonishing 500,000 GPUs, easily supporting the training and inference of cutting-edge supermodels. Looking ahead, Alibaba expects that, as T-Head's chip product line matures and gains broad customer adoption, its AI chip annual shipments will increase significantly.

In terms of advances in large AI models, the Qwen team is exploring a concrete technical pathway toward artificial superintelligence (ASI): recursive self-improvement (RSI).

Alibaba disclosed plans to train a new model with 5 to 10 trillion parameters, aiming to tackle more complex, long‑range tasks. Meanwhile, multimodal models that integrate understanding and generation have also become a core R&D focus.

Bytedance is also training its 10 trillion parameters model.
 

China Pulling Ahead In AI​

by David Manners
1st October 2026
China Pulling Ahead In AI


A year ago, China made its first apperance in the top 10 of the Global Innovation Index, an annual report released by the World Intellectual Property Organisation.

China has managed to retain the position in the latest edition of the report.

This is due in no small part to the country’s thriving AI industry.

Data from Stanford University underscores just how strong the country’s technology sector has become.

In 2024 – the latest available date – China claimed a 74% of the world’s granted AI patents.

The USA’s share, by contrast, had dropped to 12%.

Europe’s share of all granted AI patents was 3%.

https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/mannerisms/markets/china-pulling-ahead-in-ai-2026-10/
 

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