Ascend 960DT
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The Ascend 960DT is a Huawei AI accelerator for model training (and the decode stage of inference), announced at Huawei Connect 2026 on September 17, 2026. According to the manufacturer it delivers 2 PFLOPS FP8 and 4 PFLOPS FP4 with 288 GB HBM and 9.6 TB/s memory bandwidth, plus 2.2 TB/s interconnect bandwidth. Availability is announced for Q1 2027, three quarters earlier than originally planned.
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| Compute Performance (FLOPS/TOPS) | 2 PFLOPS FP8 / 4 PFLOPS FP4 (per chip) |
| Release Date | Q1 2027 (announced at Huawei Connect 2026, Sep 17, 2026) |
| Memory | Up to 288 GB HBM, 9.6 TB/s bandwidth |
| Availability | Q1 2027 (three quarters ahead of original Q4 2027 plan); focus: training |
