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

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.

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