Alibaba’s Bold Move into Artificial Intelligence

Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA) is significantly advancing its artificial intelligence endeavors by introducing its high-end, internally developed AI chip. This move is part of a strategic initiative to reduce dependence on advanced semiconductors amid U.S. export controls that impede China’s access to such technology. Alibaba’s semiconductor design unit, T-Head, recently unveiled the Zhenwu 810E, an advanced parallel-processing unit, meticulously designed for AI training and inference tasks. According to T-Head’s official statement, this application-specific integrated circuit is crafted in-house to manage high data-throughput demands of generative AI with performance levels comparable to Nvidia’s H20 GPU, specially crafted for the Chinese…