Alibaba's chip division, T-Head, has unveiled its new AI chip, the Zhenwu M890, at the 2026 Alibaba Cloud Summit. This chip boasts 144GB of memory and an inter-chip bandwidth of 800GB/s, offering three times the performance of its predecessor, the Zhenwu 810E. It supports various data precisions, from FP32 to FP4, making it suitable for a wide range of training and inference tasks. The Zhenwu M890 is designed to enhance the efficiency and stability of large-scale intelligent computing clusters, especially when paired with T-Head's ICN Switch 1.0. AI
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IMPACT This new chip could accelerate the development and deployment of advanced AI applications by providing enhanced performance and efficiency for training and inference.
RANK_REASON The cluster announces a new AI chip with significant performance improvements and new capabilities from a major tech company's division. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.7]