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Alibaba unveils Zhenwu V900 AI chip, plans 5-10 trillion parameter model

At its Apsara Conference, Alibaba's Eddie Wu detailed a new AI accelerator, a massive next-generation model, and a 20GW data center buildout by 2032.

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What to know

  • Alibaba's T-Head unit unveiled the Zhenwu V900 chip, said to triple the performance of its predecessor (M890) and scale to clusters of up to 500,000 cards.
  • CEO Eddie Wu announced plans to train a new Qwen model with 5 trillion to 10 trillion parameters, up from the current flagship Qwen 3.8 Max's 2.4 trillion.
  • Alibaba set a target to grow Alibaba Cloud's global data center capacity beyond 20 gigawatts by 2032, while acknowledging supply-chain shortages are constraining expansion speed.
  • The push comes as Chinese firms race to build domestic alternatives to Nvidia processors amid U.S. export restrictions, with Wu also describing progress toward recursive self-improvement and artificial superintelligence.

Eddie Wu Alibaba Group CEOAlibaba Group Chinese technology conglomerateT-Head Alibaba's semiconductor unitNvidia Corp. U.S. chipmaker

Alibaba unveils Zhenwu V900 AI chip, plans 5-10 trillion parameter model
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    Wu frames push as dawn of a 'Machine Intelligence' era

    Wu described the moment as comparable to the Industrial Revolution, predicting machines would eventually produce over 1,000 times humanity's current 'thinking' output, and said the era's defining products have not yet arrived.

    “The truly groundbreaking products of the Machine Intelligence era have not yet arrived…”
    — Eddie Wu
    1. 17 outlets Alibaba unveils new AI chip, calls it China’s most powerful

      first by Investing.com News, 3d ago · also Livemint, South China Morning Post, Bloomberg Markets, Nikkei Asia, Los Angeles Times, Quartz +10

      11 more headlines
    • thejapantimes@mastodon.social

      Alibaba Group says it is developing an artificial intelligence model up to four times larger than its flagship system and has unveiled a next-generation AI chip it called China's most powerful, sending shares up 5%. https://www. japantimes.co.jp/business/2026 /09/22/tech/alibaba-ai-chip-shares/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon # business #…

      thejapantimes@mastodon.socialMastodon2d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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    • At Apsara2026, Alibaba's chip design unit, T-Head, introduced the Zhenwu V900—its latest AI training and inference processor capable of handling both high-precision model training and ultra-low-precision inference, delivering three times the performance of its predecessor. Zhenwu AI chips are alre...

      @alibabagroupX3d agoview on X ↗
    • Mathrubhumi_English@mastodon.social

      China’s Alibaba has unveiled its new Zhenwu V900 AI chip and announced plans for a 5-10 trillion-parameter model as the US-China AI race intensifies. https:// english.mathrubhumi.com/techno logy/most-powerful-ai-chip-in-china-today-alibaba-unveils-zhenwu-v900-t1htege2?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon # Alibaba # AI # ArtificialIntelligence #…

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    Alibaba targets 20GW of global data center capacity by 2032

    Wu set a goal for Alibaba Cloud's global data center capacity to surpass 20 gigawatts by 2032, saying customer demand for AI was "exceptionally robust" but that supply-chain shortages were limiting how fast the company could expand.

    “The industry's mid-to-long-term demand far outpaces our supply capabilities…”
    — Eddie Wu
    1. 14 outlets Alibaba Unveils New AI Chip And Data Center Expansion Plan

      first by The Information, 3d ago · also Dow Jones Newswires, Reuters, Pulse 2.0, Proactive, Livemint, Finimize +7

      12 more headlines
    2. 4 outlets Alibaba Unveils AI Chip to Drive Global Data Center Buildout

      first by Bloomberg.com, 3d ago · also TrendForce, The Straits Times, TechNode

      4 more headlines
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  3. background

    Wu says Alibaba will train a 5T-10T parameter model — Eddie Wu said Alibaba's Qwen team plans to train a new model with between 5 trillion and 10 trillion parameters, roughly two to four times the size of the current flagship Qwen 3.8 Max, aiming for longer-horizon tasks and progress toward artificial superintelligence.

  4. background

    Alibaba unveils Zhenwu V900 AI chip at Apsara Conference — Alibaba's T-Head semiconductor unit launched the Zhenwu V900 accelerator, which CEO Eddie Wu said delivers three times the performance of its predecessor, the M890, with clusters scaling up to 500,000 cards for frontier model training and inference.

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    first by Reuters, 3d ago · also Caixin Global, TechNode, Daily Sabah, Japan Times

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  2. 2 outlets Alibaba Plans 5- to 10-Trillion-Parameter Model in Full-Stack AI Push

    first by Unite.AI, 3d ago · also Seeking Alpha

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    first by Barron's, 2d ago · also Barron's Online

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