Alibaba Group on Wednesday unveiled a new AI chip, the Zhenwu M890, ​as the Chinese technology giant intensifies efforts to build domestic alternatives to Nvidia processors ‌amid tightening U.S. export curbs.
The chip, developed by Alibaba’s semiconductor design subsidiary T-Head, delivers three times the performance of its predecessor, Zhenwu 810E. It is purpose-built for the emerging wave of AI “agents” — software systems that can carry ​out complex, multi-step tasks with limited human oversight. Alibaba said the new processor is well-suited to ​handle the heavy memory and communication demands of agent workloads, where models must ⁠retain long stretches of context and coordinate with one another in real time.

Full report : Alibaba’s chipmaking unit T-Head unveils the Zhenwu M890 for AI training and inference, saying it is well-suited for agentic tasks, and plans annual upgrades.