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US-sanctioned Chinese chip start-up Moore Threads unveils GPU-based computing centre, AI graphics card

  • Moore Threads said its KUAE computing centre is aimed at serving China’s increasing demand for large language model training
  • The Beijing-based firm has teamed up with Baidu, JD.com, Tsinghua University and others to establish an AI alliance

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Chinese GPU designer Moore Threads announced its latest AI graphics card on Tuesday. Photo: Handout
Che Panin Beijing

A Chinese graphics processing unit (GPU) start-up that has been put on a US trade blacklist has introduced a new graphics card along with what it called the country’s first GPU-based computing hub for artificial intelligence (AI) training.

Moore Threads Intelligent Technology, a Beijing-based designer of GPUs tailored for AI training, said the new GPU will be found on its KUAE Intelligent Computing Centre, which is aimed at serving China’s growing needs for large language model training.

“Moore Threads has built a smart computing product line from chips to graphics cards to clusters, relying on the multifunctional computing advantages of GPUs,” CEO Jams Zhang Jianzhong said in a statement on Tuesday.

In a fresh round of expanded US export controls, Moore Threads and Biren Technology, two of China’s top AI chip start-ups, were added to Washington’s so-called Entity List in October over concerns that they were hurting US national security and policy interests.

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The US sanctions have made it challenging for the two companies to find wafer foundries that are willing to manufacture their chips, putting the firms in a similar predicament that Huawei Technologies has faced since late 2020.

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