[News] China’s GPU Vendors Roll Out New Architectures and Products, Taking Aim at NVIDIA

At the start of 2026, China’s GPU industry has entered a phase of intensive innovation, with multiple domestic vendors unveiling self-developed architectures and new products targeting specific market segments.

Iluvatar CoreX Unveils Gen-4 GPU Architecture Roadmap

On January 26, Iluvatar CoreX released its fourth-generation GPU architecture roadmap, outlining an ambitious plan to surpass NVIDIA’s Rubin architecture by 2027.

In 2025, the Iluvatar Tianshu architecture outperformed NVIDIA Hopper;
In 2026, the Iluvatar Tianxuan architecture will benchmark NVIDIA Blackwell. Also in 2026, the Iluvatar Tianji architecture aims to surpass Blackwell; In 2027, the Iluvatar Tianquan architecture is planned to exceed NVIDIA Rubin; Beyond 2027, the company will shift its focus toward breakthrough computing chip architectures.

Meanwhile, Iluvatar CoreX launched the “Tongyang” series of edge and endpoint computing products. The entire Tongyang lineup delivers verified, real-world dense computing performance, covering the 100–300 TOPS range. In benchmark tests across computer vision, natural language processing, and inference tasks for large models such as DeepSeek 32B, the TY1000 reportedly outperforms NVIDIA’s AGX Orin across the board.

The Tongyang portfolio includes:
TY1000: a pocket-sized computing module featuring a 699-pin interface that integrates enterprise-grade computing power for…