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September 17th, 2026

Huawei unveils new chips as China intensifies its AI race with Nvidia

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The Chinese technology giant Huawei has launched new chip technologies, challenging global leaders such as Nvidia, which highlights the ever-narrowing gap between China and the United States in artificial intelligence.

El gigante tecnológico chino Huawei lanzó nuevas tecnologías de chips, desafiando a líderes globales como Nvidia, lo que resalta la brecha cada vez menor entre China y Estados Unidos en inteligencia artificial.

Huawei's announcement on Thursday at its flagship annual conference in Shanghai came just days before a scheduled meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington on 24 September.

El anuncio de Huawei el jueves en su conferencia anual clave en Shanghái se produjo apenas unos días antes de una reunión prevista entre el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, y el presidente de China, Xi Jinping, en Washington el 24 de septiembre.

China has rapidly pursued technological self-sufficiency, including in the field of chips, while US-led restrictions prevented it from accessing some of the world's most advanced AI chips and cutting-edge chip manufacturing machines.

China ha perseguido con celeridad la autosuficiencia tecnológica, incluso en el ámbito de los chips, mientras que las restricciones lideradas por Estados Unidos le impedían acceder a algunos de los chips de IA más avanzados del mundo y a máquinas de fabricación de chips de vanguardia.

At the event, Huawei unveiled the Atlas 960 SuperPoD computing cluster, a faster successor to the model it had launched just a few months earlier, with improvements in AI training and "inference", a term that refers to the process by which an already trained AI makes predictions or takes decisions.

Huawei presentó en el evento el clúster de computación Atlas 960 SuperPoD, un sucesor más veloz del modelo que había lanzado apenas unos meses antes, con mejoras en el entrenamiento de IA e "inferencia", término que designa el proceso mediante el cual una IA ya entrenada realiza predicciones o toma decisiones.

Huawei also plans to release the Ascend 970 and 980 chip series in 2028 and 2029, with expectations of significant improvements in computing power.

Huawei también tiene previsto lanzar las series de chips Ascend 970 y 980 en 2028 y 2029, con expectativas de mejoras significativas en potencia de cómputo.

The timing — just under two weeks before President Xi Jinping's visit to Washington — underscores Beijing's confidence and ambition in technology and innovation," said George Chen, a partner and chair of digital practice at the consultancy The Asia Group.

El momento —poco menos de dos semanas antes de la visita del presidente Xi Jinping a Washington— subraya la confianza y ambición de Pekín en tecnología e innovación", dijo George Chen, socio y presidente de práctica digital en la consultora The Asia Group.

Huawei's announcement also came as Trump played down calls from AI leaders to slow the development of the technology on security grounds.

El anuncio de Huawei también se produjo mientras Trump minimizaba el llamado de líderes de IA a frenar el desarrollo de la tecnología por motivos de seguridad.

Trump insisted that the United States must maintain its leadership over China, saying that "whoever wins in AI, wins."

Trump insistió en que Estados Unidos debe mantener su liderazgo sobre China, diciendo que "quien gane en IA, gana".

"Advances in artificial intelligence are progressing at such a dizzying pace that it is impossible to guarantee indefinite retention of leadership," stated Chen.

"Los avances en inteligencia artificial progresan a un ritmo tan vertiginoso que resulta imposible garantizar la permanencia indefinida en el liderazgo", afirmó Chen.

According to analysts, advanced technologies in China, such as the training of AI models, frequently continue to rely on American chips, including those made by Nvidia.

Según los analistas, las tecnologías avanzadas en China, como el entrenamiento de modelos de IA, siguen dependiendo con frecuencia de chips estadounidenses, incluidos los de Nvidia.

Nevertheless, Huawei has manufactured its own advanced chips and maintains a lead over Chinese chip developers, while AI companies in China are increasingly adopting the use of domestically produced chips.

No obstante, Huawei ha fabricado sus propios chips avanzados y mantiene un liderazgo sobre los desarrolladores de chips chinos, en tanto que las empresas de IA en China adoptan cada vez más el uso de chips nacionales.

The Atlas 960 SuperPoD computing cluster took some tech analysts by surprise, given that it arrived shortly after the company launched the Atlas 950 SuperPod at the end of last year.

El clúster de computación Atlas 960 SuperPoD sorprendió a algunos analistas tecnológicos, dado que llegó poco después de que la empresa lanzara el Atlas 950 SuperPod a finales del año pasado.

"The fact that Huawei managed to achieve this upgrade in just one year, far faster than before, will only heighten the United States' anxiety over the accelerating competition in AI," Chen said.

"El hecho de que Huawei lograra esta actualización en solo un año, mucho más rápido que antes, solo aumentará la ansiedad de Estados Unidos por la acelerada competencia en IA", dijo Chen.

September 17th, 2026

The Lingo Times

Huawei unveils new chips as China intensifies its AI race with Nvidia

Huawei unveils new chips as China intensifies its AI race with Nvidia

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