Ascend 960
#11 in AI Training HardwareHuawei · v960 · since Q1 2027 (960DT), Q3 2027 (960PR) – laut Huawei Connect 2026 · 2× · last seen Oct 27, 2026
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The Ascend 960 is a planned AI accelerator from Huawei for training and inference, announced at Huawei Connect 2026 (September 17, 2026). It comes in two variants: 960DT (training, decode) and 960PR (inference, prefill). The figures are vendor claims; the process node and memory type have not been disclosed.
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Features
| Manufacturing Process (nm) | Not disclosed |
| License | Not published |
| Platform | SuperPoD systems (Atlas 960 SuperPoD, up to 4,096 NPUs, NPO optics, liquid-cooled) |
| Price | Not published |
| Compute Performance (FLOPS/TOPS) | 960DT: 2 PFLOPS FP8 / 4 PFLOPS FP4; 960PR: 2 PFLOPS FP8 / 8 PFLOPS FP4 |
| Release Date | 960DT: Q1 2027 (three quarters earlier than planned); 960PR: Q3 2027 |
| Memory | 960DT: 288 GB HBM; 960PR: 192 GB |
| Availability | 960DT: Q1 2027; 960PR: Q3 2027 (announced, not yet shipping) |
