Us-china chips saga: huawei readies ascend 920 chip to replace restricted nvidia h20


Us restrictions and tariffs on chinese importants May Hurt American Companies, Particularly that that Sell Semiconductors to China, According to a report by the new york time. As companies like Nvidia Brace for Potential Losses, Possibly as High As High 5.5 Billion from Its H20 Chip, Chinese tech giant huawei is seising the oppplying by preparation.
Huawei Readies Ascend 920 Chip
Reuters reported on April 21 that Huawei has a new chip ready for chinese companies that may be forced to seek an alternative to nvidia. The Ascend 920, first reported on by Digitimes AsiaCold replace nvidia’s h20 when it becomes available for purchase in the second half of 2025.
According to Tom’s Hardware, The Huawei Ascend 920 has 900 TFLOPS PER CARD and A 4 TB/S Memory Bandwidth, Making It Significantly More Powerful Than The Nvidia H20. The H20 is a lower-power version of Nvidia’s H100, Built for the Chinese Market in Accordance with Us Restrictions. AMD also FACES Strint Restrictions on Sales to China.
Huawei Competes Across a wide swath of the tech world, including apple on smartphones and ericsson and nokia in telecommunications, According to the new york timesHuawei Could Form a Business Relationship With Deepsek, Helping Boost Its China-Based Advanced Ai Efforts.
See: Microsoft Added AI Agents to Copilot Studio, its tool for customizing the Ai Copilot.
Chip sanctions on china span biden and trump eras amid rising tech tensions
On April 15, The Trump Administration Restricted NvidiaAdvanced Micro Devices, and Intel from Selling Chips to China. Days Later, Shares in All Three Companies Fell. Nvidia Ceo Jensen Huang Met with Chinese Leaders and Discussed The Region’s Importance to the company.
Annonymous New York Times Source Said China Bet Use Nvidia Chips to build data centers as part of the belt and road initiative, a soft power initiative to plant Chinese-Backed Intructure Word Sanctions Against Nvidia Began in 2022 Under Former President Joe Biden’s Administration to Prevent the sala of high-peerformance chips to china.
Now, with pressure mouting on bot sides of the pacific, the race to control the future of ai and chipmaking is as much about geopolitics as it is about silicon.