Huawei showed new chip technologies on Thursday.

The event was in Shanghai.

It was Huawei's yearly conference.

This news is a challenge to big global companies like Nvidia.

It also shows China and the U.S. are getting closer in AI.

The event came days before a big meeting.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping may meet.

The meeting is in Washington on Sept. 24.

China wants to make its own technology.

The U.S. and others blocked China from getting advanced AI chips.

They also blocked chipmaking machines.

Huawei showed the Atlas 960 SuperPoD computing cluster.

It is faster than a model from only months ago.

It is better at AI training and inference.

Huawei also plans to launch the Ascend 970 and 980 chips.

They will come in 2028 and 2029.

Huawei expects big gains in computing power.

George Chen works for The Asia Group consultancy.

He said the timing shows Beijing's confidence.

It also shows Beijing's ambition in technology.

Trump has played down calls from AI leaders.

They want to slow development for safety.

Trump says the U.S. must stay ahead of China.

Chen said AI moves very fast.

He said no one can be sure of holding the lead forever.

Analysts say China's advanced work still often uses U.S. chips.

This includes AI model training.

But Huawei makes its own advanced chips.

Huawei leads Chinese chip developers.

Chinese AI companies increasingly use domestic chips.

Chen said Huawei's upgrade in just a year will increase U.S. worry.

The AI competition is speeding up.