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Zai_org uses Huawei Ascend chips for frontier AI, 90% lower cost

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Emad Mostaque
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Important to note @Zai_org train on @Huawei Ascend chips, no NVIDA (!) So you have frontier -3 months on a fully Chinese stack, 90% cheaper. Would estimate the total cost of this to be $25m, largely post training (80%) @Zai_org market cap now nearly $100b, $$s in open source!

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Zai_org uses Huawei Ascend chips for frontier AI, 90% lower cost — AIBriefs