Breaking
INTLRussian airstrikes on Kyiv and Odesa injure at least 13 as war nears fifth winterCNChina U20 Women's Football World Cup 1/8 finals lost to Italy on penalty kick and missed the quarterfinalsCNThe Taiwanese delegation was hit with graffiti at the Nagoya Asian Games relay station, and the police launched an investigationTRTwo-Vehicle Traffic Accident in Istanbul: 9 Injured, 2 of them SeriousAURobert Kraft and Ed Sheeran pledge $2 million for Gaza aid after Macklemore's donationJPTalks about replacing Prime Minister Mertz grow stronger within Germany's CDU, following the disastrous defeat in the eastern state parliamentary electionsRUUkraine will exhaust its missile reserves within a month, says a source in the pro-Russian undergroundGLOBALOpenAI reveals six more AI model misbehavior incidents and announces tracking frameworkCNTips from experts at Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Emotions and sleep are cause and effect of each other, and timely intervention is the keyCNBijie's Gastrodia elata industry leads Guizhou in scale, with output value exceeding 10 billion yuanINTLRussian airstrikes on Kyiv and Odesa injure at least 13 as war nears fifth winterCNChina U20 Women's Football World Cup 1/8 finals lost to Italy on penalty kick and missed the quarterfinalsCNThe Taiwanese delegation was hit with graffiti at the Nagoya Asian Games relay station, and the police launched an investigationTRTwo-Vehicle Traffic Accident in Istanbul: 9 Injured, 2 of them SeriousAURobert Kraft and Ed Sheeran pledge $2 million for Gaza aid after Macklemore's donationJPTalks about replacing Prime Minister Mertz grow stronger within Germany's CDU, following the disastrous defeat in the eastern state parliamentary electionsRUUkraine will exhaust its missile reserves within a month, says a source in the pro-Russian undergroundGLOBALOpenAI reveals six more AI model misbehavior incidents and announces tracking frameworkCNTips from experts at Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Emotions and sleep are cause and effect of each other, and timely intervention is the keyCNBijie's Gastrodia elata industry leads Guizhou in scale, with output value exceeding 10 billion yuan
Newsgather
All StoriesWorldSportsFinanceTechScienceHealthCultureClimatePoliticsSpace
BackHuawei Unveils Ascend 960 SuperPoD and Upgraded UnifiedBus Interconnect at Huawei Connect 2026
Huawei Unveils Ascend 960 SuperPoD and Upgraded UnifiedBus Interconnect at Huawei Connect 2026
Developing
SCMP Tech51 minutes agoTech1 min readChina

Huawei Unveils Ascend 960 SuperPoD and Upgraded UnifiedBus Interconnect at Huawei Connect 2026

huaweiascend 960superpod

Quick Look

Huawei Technologies unveiled its Ascend 960 SuperPoD and an upgraded UnifiedBus interconnect technology at Huawei Connect 2026 in Shanghai, introducing near-packaged optics to connect up to 4,000 processors for advanced AI systems amid US semiconductor restrictions.

AI-generated summary

Why It Matters

Huawei faces US semiconductor-related restrictions that limit its access to advanced chip technology, prompting the company to develop domestic alternatives for AI systems.

Font size

Huawei Technologies on Thursday unveiled its latest Ascend 960 SuperPoD and an upgraded version of its UnifiedBus interconnect technology, a key component of the Chinese tech giant’s strategy to build advanced artificial intelligence systems despite US semiconductor-related restrictions.

At the Huawei Connect 2026 conference in Shanghai, the Shenzhen-based firm introduced near-packaged optics, or NPO, to the company’s SuperPoD architecture for the first time.

Huawei said the combination of its UnifiedBus interconnect technology and Hi-ONE optical system would allow a SuperPoD to connect as many as 4,000 processors, extending high-speed optical connections deeper into the computing system.

What to Watch

AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

  • Huawei will expand deployment of Ascend 960 SuperPoD systems in domestic AI infrastructure projects

    Likely · Within months

  • US authorities may review and potentially tighten semiconductor export controls in response to Huawei's advancements

    Possible · Within months

Open Questions

  • What is the performance benchmark of the Ascend 960 SuperPoD compared to international counterparts?
  • When will the upgraded UnifiedBus interconnect be commercially available?
  • How will US authorities respond to Huawei's latest technological advancements?

Related Topics

huawei
OrganizationsHuawei Technologies
PlacesShanghaiShenzhen
Topicsascend 960superpodunifiedbusnear-packaged opticshuawei connect 2026shanghai
This article was originally published by SCMP Tech.

Related Stories

The 8th ASEAN, China, Japan and South Korea Young Scientists Forum was held in Nanning, focusing on cutting-edge science and technology and youth innovation
Developing·

The 8th ASEAN, China, Japan and South Korea Young Scientists Forum was held in Nanning, focusing on cutting-edge science and technology and youth innovation

The 8th ASEAN and China, Japan and South Korea Young Scientists Forum was held in Nanning, Guangxi on September 16. As an important series of activities of the 2026 ASEAN International Technology Transfer and Innovation Cooperation Conference, the forum focused on the three major areas of cutting-edge technological evolution, youth innovation ecology, and cross-dimensional human-computer interaction, attracting more than 200 representatives from China, ASEAN, Japan and South Korea. The forum included speeches by young scientists and round-table exchanges. For the first time, embodied intelligent robots were introduced for a special dialogue on 'Crossing Dimensions: Carbon-based Youth Representatives VS Silicon-based Robots' to discuss the future of human-machine collaboration. The forum has been held for eight consecutive times since it was held in 2019, and has become an important platform for regional scientific and technological innovation collaboration.

中国新闻网
2 min read
Hanxiang and Antus signed a memorandum of cooperation to launch AI smart factory solutions
Developing·

Hanxiang and Antus signed a memorandum of cooperation to launch AI smart factory solutions

Hanxiang and Antus Technology, a subsidiary of Acer Group, signed a memorandum of cooperation at the Taipei International Plastics and Rubber Exhibition. Combining the Hanxiang AIxWARE smart manufacturing platform and Antos Altos GB10 F1 edge AI workstation, it provides AI smart factory solutions for non-red supply chains, which is suitable for areas with high information security needs such as national defense and finance. It plans to use Hanxiang's production line as a demonstration case to promote it to various manufacturing industries.

自由时报
2 min read
The publisher added a statement prohibiting use for AI training on the copyright page, triggering controversy over the boundary between copyright and AI training.
Developing·

The publisher added a statement prohibiting use for AI training on the copyright page, triggering controversy over the boundary between copyright and AI training.

Some publishing houses have added a statement prohibiting unauthorized use for AI training on the copyright page of their books, reflecting the publishing industry's proactive demands for copyright protection. In judicial practice, courts tend to determine infringement from the output end in AI infringement cases because it is difficult to prove the use of the green end. The industry calls for the establishment of authorization mechanisms and collective licensing to balance innovation and rights protection.

中国新闻网
4 min read
Apple iPhone 18 Pro series goes on sale tomorrow, three major telecoms push discounts to grab first sale
BREAKING·

Apple iPhone 18 Pro series goes on sale tomorrow, three major telecoms push discounts to grab first sale

The Apple iPhone 18 Pro series will officially go on sale tomorrow. Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan Mobile and Far EasTone Telecommunications will simultaneously hold their first sales event in Taipei, offering queuing discounts, lucky draws and 5G purchase tariff plans. The amount of subsidy for different models will vary under different combinations of monthly rentals and contract periods. It is recommended that consumers compare the value-added services of each before making a decision.

自由时报
1 min read
The Marine Protection Department joins hands with the private sector and the technology industry to create the TURTLE-FINDER sea turtle identification platform officially launched
Tech·

The Marine Protection Department joins hands with the private sector and the technology industry to create the TURTLE-FINDER sea turtle identification platform officially launched

The Marine Conservation Department of the Marine Commission collaborates with the Turtle Roll Call Association and the Acer Foundation to launch the TURTLE-FINDER sea turtle identification platform. Using AI to analyze the characteristics of sea turtle facial scales, people can identify individuals by uploading photos, assisting researchers in conducting scientific surveys of sea turtle migration and habitat use.

自由时报
3 min read
More on this topichuawei