The steady advance by one of China’s flagship technology companies points to the resilience of the country’s semiconductor industry despite efforts by Washington to stymie it, including by cutting off access to some Western chip-making equipment.

The chip, dubbed Ascend 910D, will be Huawei's most powerful AI processor to date according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.

Huawei reportedly plans to soon begin testing its latest Ascend AI chip, the Ascend 910D, which the company hopes will rival Nvidia's H100.