T-Head's Self-Developed AI Chips Gain Traction in Auto Industry, Deployed on Alibaba Cloud

Published: May 13, 2026 18:39

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Alibaba's financial report stated that T-Head Semiconductor Co., Ltd., as its chip design subsidiary, had achieved widespread industrial application of its independently developed AI chips, with large-scale application cases first emerging in the automotive industry. Over 100,000 Zhenwu PPU cards had been deployed on Alibaba Cloud's public cloud platform, and more than 30 leading automakers and autonomous driving companies were conducting intelligent driving R&D based on this chip. The Zhenwu chip, together with Alibaba Cloud and the Qwen model, formed a complete integrated technology stack, significantly enhancing training and inference efficiency.

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