Ren, however, added that using methods like “stacking and clustering [on Ascend-powered machines], the computing results are comparable” to the most advanced systems in the world.
“AI is a parallel problem, so if each one of the computers are not capable … just add more computers,” Huang said in response to a question about Ren’s comments. “What he’s saying is that in China, [where] they have plenty of energy, they’ll just use more chips.”
“He was saying that China’s technology is good enough for China. If the United States doesn’t want to participate in China, Huawei has got China covered,” Huang added. “Huawei [also] has got everybody else covered.”