An investigation into Huawei Technologies Co.Latest AI offering has unearthed an advanced processor made by Nvidia Corp. manufacturing partner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.which suggests that China is still struggling to reliably manufacture its own advanced chips in sufficient quantities.
Canadian research firm TechInsights recently took apart at least one of the Shenzhen conglomerate’s most high-end artificial intelligence accelerators and discovered an Ascend 910B chip made by TSMC, according to people familiar with the recent teardown of the devices. They requested anonymity to discuss a report that is not public.
