The report states that Huawei has recently approached several Chinese technology companies to test the technical capabilities of the new processor. Huawei hopes the Ascend 910D will outperform Nvidia’s high-end H100 AI chip, which is widely considered a benchmark for training sophisticated machine learning models.

The chip, dubbed Ascend 910D, will be Huawei's most powerful AI processor to date according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.

Superpower rivalry over semiconductors heats up despite Washington’s attempts to block Beijing.