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Alibaba XuanTie C950 RISC-V CPU: 5nm, 64 Cores and LLM Inference

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 22:57:54 +0800

Alibaba XuanTie C950 RISC-V CPU: 5nm, 64 Cores and LLM Inference

Alibaba’s XuanTie C950 represents a major step in the evolution of RISC-V from embedded and specialized workloads toward high-performance general-purpose and server computing.

Alibaba XuanTie C950 Runs 27B Qwen Model at 30 Tokens/s

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:24:58 +0800

Alibaba XuanTie C950 Runs 27B Qwen Model at 30 Tokens/s

Alibaba’s XuanTie C950 RISC-V processor is emerging as an unusual alternative to GPU-based AI inference. The 64-core chip can reportedly run Alibaba’s 27-billion-parameter Qwen model natively on the CPU, without requiring a discrete GPU or a translation layer.

Apple Intelligence Approved in China with Alibaba and Baidu AI

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:17:11 +0800

Apple Intelligence Approved in China with Alibaba and Baidu AI

Apple has cleared one of its biggest regulatory hurdles in China. On July 15, 2026, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) added Apple Technology Development (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. to its latest registry of approved on-device generative AI services, officially authorizing the deployment of Apple Intelligence for mainland China.

T-Head Panmai 920: China's First 400G Smart NIC with PCIe Switch

Sun, 07 Jun 2026 14:42:01 +0800

T-Head Panmai 920: China’s First 400G Smart NIC with PCIe Switch

As large-scale AI training and inference workloads continue to grow, network communication has become one of the most significant bottlenecks limiting cluster-scale computing performance. High-bandwidth, low-latency interconnects are now critical components of modern AI infrastructure, especially in deployments consisting of thousands or even tens of thousands of accelerators.