Huawei unveils what it calls the industry’s first NPO-based Ascend 960 supernode

Huawei said at Huawei Connect 2026 in Shanghai that more than 1,000 Ascend 910C supernodes have been deployed and that Ascend 950 supernodes have entered commercial use. The company also said development of its Ascend 960 chip is ahead of schedule, with the 960DT planned for the first quarter of 2027 and the 960PR for the third quarter. Built around the Ascend 960 and Hi-ONE, Huawei’s NPO-based supernode uses 4,096 chips and can deliver up to 8 EFLOPS of FP8 computing power and 1 PB of HBM capac