Alibaba reveals more powerful Zhenwu AI chip, new LLM

Key points

• An Alibaba logo is displayed at the company's booth at China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, China, Sept.
• 10, 2025. CHONGQING, China — Alibaba on Wednesday announced a new artificial intelligence chip that is three times more powerful than its predecessor, adding to China's domestic AI chip options as Nvidia struggles to get its products into the country.
• The Zhenwu M890 delivers three times the performance of the current Zhenwu 810E, Alibaba said, adding that the new processor has 144 GB GPU memory and interchip bandwidth of 800 GB per second.
• The e-commerce and technology giant said it had already delivered 560,000 Zhenwu units to more than 400 customers across 20 industries.
• The new chip could make Alibaba and its chip subsidiary T-Head more competitive in China's growing domestic AI processor market, which includes competitors like Huawei and Cambricon.