The order by one of China's leading AI firms adds to signs that US pressure is prompting Chinese acceptance of Huawei's products as an alternative to those of American chip giant Nvidia.
The A100 is widely considered to be about half the performance of Nvidia’s newest H100. More importantly for LLMs, it’s limited to about half the memory of the H100.
Last month, during iFlyTek’s earnings call, Senior Vice President Jiang Tao once again said the Ascend 910B’s capabilities were “comparable to Nvidia’s A100”.
The A100 is widely considered to be about half the performance of Nvidia’s newest H100. More importantly for LLMs, it’s limited to about half the memory of the H100.