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At the World AI Conference in Shanghai, Chinese chipmakers pitched their latest hardware to customers who can’t get Nvidia’s technology — and can’t get enough of theirs, either.

2026 World AI Conference (WAIC) In Shanghai

Visitors view the Huawei Atlas 950 SuperPoD, the industry's largest-scale AI supernode, at the World AI Conference in Shanghai on Monday. Long Wei / VCG via Getty Images

July 22, 2026, 4:57 PM EDT

By Jared Perlo

SHANGHAI — Chips were on the menu at China’s largest AI gathering over the weekend, as salespeople barked into microphones to tout advances in microscopic engineering and entourages trailed regional government officials marveling at brightly lit trade displays.

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