At Huawei Connect, Beijing’s national champion unveils bold AI roadmap to take on Nvidia

Huawei Technologies Co. has unveiled an unusually detailed vision for how it intends to chip away at Nvidia Corp.’s overwhelming lead in artificial intelligence hardware, combining sheer scale with China’s state-backed drive for technological self-reliance.

A Roadmap to Counter US Rivals

At its annual Huawei Connect conference in Shenzhen on Thursday, the company’s rotating chairman Eric Xu set out a three-year roadmap designed to counter Nvidia’s dominance in the global AI race. Huawei admitted that its silicon cannot match the American…