AI ambitions

Tencent boosts AI training efficiency without Nvidia’s most advanced chips

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Tencent boosts AI training efficiency without Nvidia’s most advanced chips

Tencent Holdings has upgraded its high-performance computing (HPC) network, with an improvement to its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, as Chinese tech giants seek ways to boost large language model (LLM) training with existing systems and equipment amid a domestic push for technological self-reliance. The 2.0 version of Tencent’s Intelligent High-Performance Network, known as Xingmai in … Read more

China’s new data agency plans fast track to powerful national computing network

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China’s new data agency plans fast track to powerful national computing network

China will accelerate construction of a nationwide integrated computing power network, its top data regulator vowed at its first annual meeting as Beijing seeks to boost innovation in a technology competition with the United States. At the two-day national data work conference which ended on Tuesday, National Data Administration (NDA) head Liu Liehong vowed to … Read more