Chinese language web large Baidu has ordered synthetic intelligence chips from Huawei this 12 months, in line with an unique report from Reuters. In August, Baidu positioned an order for 1,600 Huawei 910B Ascend AI chips as a substitute for Nvidia chips, Reuters reported, citing sources conversant in the matter. The transfer was made forward of latest rules by the US authorities in October, which imposed stricter restrictions on AI chip exports to China, together with these made by Nvidia. Baidu has change into a number one AI firm in China with the event of its ERNIE massive language mannequin (LLM), the agency’s reply to ChatGPT. By October, Huawei had already delivered over 60% of the Baidu order, comprising roughly 1,000 chips, the report acknowledged. The whole worth of the order is estimated to be round RMB 450 million ($61.83 million), with Huawei anticipated to satisfy the remaining chip deliveries by the top of this 12 months. [Reuters]
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