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Alibaba plans larger AI model and unveils Zhenwu V900 accelerator
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Alibaba sets a 5–10 trillion-parameter target and introduces a new AI chip
Alibaba said it plans to train an AI model with 5–10 trillion parameters and unveiled the Zhenwu V900 accelerator. CEO Eddie Wu presented both at the company’s Apsara conference on September 22. Alibaba says the chip delivers three times its predecessor’s performance and can support clusters of up to 500,000 units, but the retrieved evidence provides no independent benchmark. The model is a development plan without a disclosed completion date, and parameter count alone does not establish capability or quality. This briefing covers 2026-09-20T17:39:08.159Z through 2026-09-22T05:39:08.159Z. The timestamp is Reuters page publication metadata, not the precise announcement time.
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