Huawei unveils latest tech to boost AI power in push to break China’s Nvidia reliance

The tech giant says the tools could connect up to 4,000 processors, allowing high-speed optical connections to go deeper into computing systems

Huawei Technologies on Thursday unveiled its latest Ascend 960 SuperPoD and an upgraded version of its UnifiedBus interconnect technology, a key component of the Chinese tech giant’s strategy to build advanced artificial intelligence systems despite US semiconductor-related restrictions.

At the Huawei Connect 2026 conference in Shanghai, the Shenzhen-based firm introduced near-packaged optics, or NPO, to the company’s SuperPoD architecture for the first time.

Huawei said the combination of its UnifiedBus interconnect technology and Hi-ONE optical system would allow a SuperPoD to connect as many as 4,000 processors, extending high-speed optical connections deeper into the computing system.