<div id="readability-page-1"><div id="ArticleBody-InlineImage-108227779"><div><div><p>An Alibaba logo is displayed at the company's booth at China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, China, Sept. 10, 2025.</p><p>Maxim Shemetov | Reuters</p></div></div></div><div><p>CHONGQING, China — <span id="RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-1">Alibaba<span><span id="-WatchlistDropdown"></span></span></span> announced Wednesday its new artificial intelligence chip would be three times as powerful as its predecessor, as rival Nvidia struggles to get its advanced chips into China.</p><p>The Zhenwu M890 delivers three times the performance of the current Zhenwu 810E, Alibaba said, adding that the new processor has 144 GB GPU memory and interchip bandwidth of 800 GB per second.</p><p>Alibaba said it had already delivered 560,000 Zhenwu units to more than 400 customers across 20 industries.</p><p>The e-commerce giant also revealed its next generation large language model, Qwen3.7-Max, would soon be released. </p><p>In early April, Alibaba and China Telecom said they were launching a data center in southern China powered by the e-commerce giant's own chips, as the country ramps up its focus on homegrown AI infrastructure. </p><p><em>— CNBC's Arjun Kharpal contributed to this report.</em></p></div><div><p>Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.</p></div></div>

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<p>Alibaba has unveiled its new Zhenwu M890 AI chip, which is three times more powerful than its predecessor, the Zhenwu 810E. The chip features 144 GB GPU memory and 800 GB per second interchip bandwidth. Additionally, Alibaba announced the upcoming release of its large language model, Qwen3.7-Max, as part of its AI advancements.</p>

- Alibaba unveiled its new Zhenwu M890 AI chip, which boasts three times the performance of the previous Zhenwu 810E model, featuring 144 GB GPU memory and an interchip bandwidth of 800 GB per second.  
- The company has already distributed 560,000 Zhenwu units to over 400 customers across 20 industries.  
- Additionally, Alibaba announced the upcoming release of its new large language model, Qwen3.7-Max, and is collaborating with China Telecom to establish a data center in southern China utilizing its chips.

Alibaba reveals more powerful Zhenwu AI chip, new LLM