AI chipmaker Iluvatar CoreX says new GPU matches Nvidia’s H200 as home-grown push accelerates
Shanghai-based firm demonstrates performance parity in complex multimodal AI tasks
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Shanghai-based Iluvatar CoreX claims its new Tiangai 300 GPU matches or exceeds Nvidia's H200 in real-world AI workloads, showcasing domestic progress in closing the technology gap with US chip manufacturers during a live demonstration.
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Chinese firms are actively seeking to develop domestic alternatives to high-end AI chips due to US export restrictions.
Chinese artificial intelligence chipmaker Iluvatar CoreX claims that its new Tiangai 300 graphics processing unit (GPU) can match and even surpass Nvidia’s H200 in real-world AI workloads, highlighting efforts by domestic players to close the technology gap with the US chip giant.
In a live demonstration for mainland Chinese media outlets on Wednesday, the Shanghai-based firm showed the Tiangai 300 outperforming the H200 in complex multimodal tasks, including text-to-image and text-to-video generation using frontier AI models such as Z.ai’s GLM-5.3, according to a report by Chinese tech media outlet Xinzhixun.
Open Questions
- How does the Tiangai 300 perform under sustained high-load conditions?
- What is the production capacity for the new GPU?
