Exclusive-Huawei readies new AI chip for mass shipment as China seeks Nvidia alternatives, sources say

By Fanny Potkin and Che Pan

SINGAPORE/BEIJING (Reuters) -Huawei Technologies plans to begin mass shipments of its advanced 910C artificial intelligence chip to Chinese customers as early as next month, two people familiar with the matter said.

Some shipments have already been made, they added.

The timing is fortuitous for Chinese AI companies which have been left scrambling for domestic alternatives to the H20, the primary AI chip that Nvidia had until recently been allowed to sell…