Huawei Ascend 960 SuperPoD uses NPO technology to power next-generation AI infra
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- As AI models grow to 10-trillion-parameter scale, computing power and efficient interconnects become critical bottlenecks.
- Huawei's Deputy Chairman Wang Tao outlined plans for AI infrastructure, centered on the Ascend 960 SuperPoD.
- The Ascend 960 SuperPoD supports up to 4,096 NPU cards, 8E FP8 computing power, and 1PB HBM capacity, using NPO technology.
- NPO (Near-Packaged Optics) reduces power consumption and improves reliability by bringing optical components closer to chips.
- Huawei's Hi-ONE NPO product replaces 48,000 800G optical modules, saving over 550kW and doubling system MTBF.
- AI competition is shifting from individual chips to coordinated systems of chips, interconnects, memory, and storage.
- Huawei envisions massive AI clusters with up to one million cards to support future autonomous and agentic applications.