Huawei Ascend 昇腾
China · Shenzhen
alternative to NVIDIA GPUs
Ascend 910-series AI accelerators with the CANN software stack.
Why it fits
- AI Chips & Hardware
- AI stack
Regional alternatives
Product facts
- Segment
- AI Chips & Hardware
Regulatory & supply-chain notes
Ascend's maker HiSilicon (Huawei) is on the US BIS Entity List (since 2019): exporting US-origin technology to it requires a license (presumption of denial); the Huawei Foreign-Produced Direct Product Rule also applies.
BIS Entity List · presumption of denial · listed 2019-05-16 · source ↗
Treasury's Outbound Investment Security Program (eff. 2025-01-02) may prohibit or require notification of US-person investment into this company's covered semiconductor/AI activities — a sector-based rule, not an entity list.
Treasury Outbound Investment · listed 2025-01-02 · source ↗
US DoD Section 1260H list
Huawei's holding company and Huawei Technologies are on the list.
Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd. and its subsidiary Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. · parent group listed · as of 2026-10 · source ↗
A list of “Chinese military companies”. Since 30 June 2026 the Department of Defense may not contract with listed companies; from 30 June 2027 that extends to goods and services that include their products. It does not restrict anyone else buying or using the product.
Parent Huawei is on the US FCC Covered List; that covers Huawei's telecom & video-surveillance equipment, not this product. ↗
Huawei telecom/surveillance equipment is also barred from US federal procurement & contractor use (NDAA §889); this product is not that equipment. ↗
Company & market
- Parent company
- Huawei
- Registered
- Shenzhen
- Listing
- Private
- Ticker
- —
- Market cap / val. (USD)
- private
- Foreign-investable
- No
- Global 500 #83
- China 500 #24