Huawei Ascend 昇腾

alternative to NVIDIA GPUs

AI stack Private Partly open
silicon

Ascend 910-series AI accelerators with the CANN software stack.

Parent
Huawei
Registered
Shenzhen
Ticker
Cap / valuation
private

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.

Export-control note

  • 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 ↗

Investment restriction note

  • 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 ↗

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