Alibaba open-sources its AI chip software stack at WAIC, targeting Nvidia’s CUDA lock-in
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Alibaba T-Head open-sourcing SAIL for its Zhenwu AI chips is a direct attempt to erode CUDA’s moat by lowering migration costs at the software layer. If you’re planning large-scale training or inference in China or with Chinese partners, you now have to model a multi-stack world where CUDA is no longer the only default.
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