# Alibaba races China's AI chip ambitions ahead of Xi-Trump talks

> Alibaba unveiled its most powerful AI chip as China pushes self-reliance in artificial intelligence days before Xi Jinping meets Donald Trump.
- Title: Alibaba races China's AI chip ambitions ahead of Xi-Trump…
- Summary: Alibaba unveiled its most powerful AI chip as China pushes self-reliance in artificial intelligence days before Xi Jinping meets Donald Trump. Alibaba…
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- Source: Fortune — https://fortune.com/2026/09/22/alibaba-powerful-ai-chip-xi-trump-us
- Author: The Associated Press
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- Topics: alibaba, china, artificial intelligence, ai chips, xi jinping, donald trump, us-china competition, zhenwu v900, qwen models, ai computing
## Alibaba unveils China's most powerful AI chip
Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu announced the Zhenwu V900 chip at the company's Hangzhou conference Tuesday, claiming it delivers three times the performance of its previous generation.

> the most powerful AI chip in China today
## Timing matters: Xi arrives in Washington Wednesday
Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrives in Washington Wednesday for a state visit with U.S. President Donald Trump, where AI competition, trade and tariffs are expected to dominate discussions.
## Alibaba plans massive AI model expansion
Alibaba plans to train a new AI model with five to ten trillion parameters, nearly doubling its current Qwen three point eight-Max model's two point four trillion parameters and closing the gap with leading U.S. models.
## Computing power surge to support AI growth
Alibaba expects to have over twenty gigawatts of computing capacity by twenty thirty-two to meet exponentially rising demand for AI computing across its cloud business and data centers.
## China's chip strategy amid U.S. restrictions
Chinese companies including Huawei are advancing domestic chip design as U.S. export restrictions block access to cutting-edge technologies. Analysts say Chinese-designed chips are gaining ground as Nvidia faces sales bans to China.

> Using extra computing power to make up for chip limits helps China stay strong locally
## Supply chain bottlenecks slow China's AI scaling
CEO Wu said global shortages across the AI data center supply chain are currently limiting how fast Alibaba can scale its computing infrastructure for artificial intelligence.
## Key takeaway

Alibaba announced China's most powerful AI chip and plans for larger AI models as Beijing seeks to narrow the gap with the U.S. ahead of Xi Jinping's state visit to Washington.