--- title: China's Z.ai trained a model using only Huawei hardware description: Chinese AI company Zhipu AI (Z.ai) claims to have trained GLM-Image, a new image-generating model, entirely on Huawei hardware including Ascend Atlas 800T A2... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/china-s-z-ai-trained-a-model-using-only-huawei-hardware-5rvgixwyd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: China's Z.ai trained a model using only Huawei hardware | daily.dev og:description: Chinese AI company Zhipu AI (Z.ai) claims to have trained GLM-Image, a new image-generating model, entirely on Huawei hardware including Ascend Atlas 800T A2... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/china-s-z-ai-trained-a-model-using-only-huawei-hardware-5rvgixwyd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/5RVGiXWyD.png og:image:alt: China's Z.ai trained a model using only Huawei hardware og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # China's Z.ai trained a model using only Huawei hardware **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Chinese AI company Zhipu AI (Z.ai) claims to have trained GLM-Image, a new image-generating model, entirely on Huawei hardware including Ascend Atlas 800T A2 servers and Ascend 910 AI processors. The 16B-parameter model combines autoregressive generation with diffusion decoding and is open source. However, the company hasn't disclosed how many servers were used or training duration, making it unclear whether Huawei's hardware offers competitive performance against Nvidia or AMD. The development is significant given US export controls on GPU sales to China and potential implications for future domain-specific AI models. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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