Expired50% confidenceFactExact time
After restrictions were imposed, Chinese labs primarily relied on downgraded A800 chips and domestically produced Huawei Ascend chips for model training.
1
Sources
50%
Confidence
Medium-term (~90 days)
Relevance
7/23/2026
First Seen
Valid until: 10/21/2026(expired)
Sources
Related Claims
UnverifiedDue to chip export controls, most Chinese models are still being trained on chips that are three to five years behind technologically.76% similarUnverifiedDomestic AI institutions are relying on domestically produced alternative chips such as Huawei's Ascend 910B to cope with hardware restrictions under chip export controls.73% similarUnverifiedHuawei's Ascend series AI chips use a proprietary DaVinci architecture; the Ascend 910 series targets high-performance training, while the Ascend 310 series focuses on edge inference scenarios.73% similarUnverifiedZhipu's model is reportedly trained on Huawei Ascend 910D chips, with the 910D targeting a benchmark against NVIDIA's H100.71% similarUnverifiedNVIDIA launched performance-reduced versions A800 and H800 for the Chinese market70% similar
Cite This Claim
Stable URI
https://kongchang.com/claim/596883API
curl https://kongchang.com/api/v1/knowledge/claims/596883MCP
get_claim(id=596883)