• Huawei is developing the Ascend 910D AI chip to compete with Nvidia's high-end products.
• The new chip aims to surpass Nvidia's H100 and is in the early testing phase.
• U.S. restrictions have limited China’s access to advanced Nvidia chips like the H100.
• Despite challenges, Huawei continues to progress in AI chip technology development.

Huawei Technologies is preparing to test its newest artificial intelligence processor, named the Ascend 910D, which it hopes will rival products from U.S. chip giant Nvidia. The company has approached several Chinese tech firms to assess the chip's technical feasibility, according to Reuters and Al Jazeera.

The Ascend 910D is designed to potentially outperform Nvidia's H100 chip, with Huawei expecting to receive the first samples of this new AI processor by late May. This development is crucial as Huawei, like other Chinese tech firms, has historically struggled to compete with Nvidia's top-tier models for training machine learning algorithms, as detailed by Reuters and India Times.

U.S. authorities have banned Nvidia's most advanced chips from being sold in China, aiming to hinder the country’s technological advancements, especially in military applications. These restrictions included the prohibition of the H100 chip sale, which was executed before its official launch in 2022, according to Al Jazeera and Reuters.

Despite these setbacks and being on a U.S. trade blacklist for approximately six years, Huawei's commitment to developing high-end chips is a key element of China's strategy to establish a self-sufficient semiconductor industry, as noted by Al Jazeera and India Times.