Pingtouge Unveils Zhenwu V900 AI Chip with Triple Compute Performance
On September 22, at the 2026 Apsara Conference, Pingtouge, the semiconductor arm of Alibaba, launched its Zhenwu V900 AI chip. According to the company, the new chip delivers three times the compute power of its predecessor, the Zhenwu M890, and the company plans to significantly increase annual shipments of its AI chips.
The launch marks a major update to Pingtouge's AI chip lineup. The Zhenwu series is designed for AI computing workloads, and the performance leap of the new model has drawn attention across the industry.
The conference, themed “Intelligence for Action,” centered on Agentic AI, covering the full chain from chips and cloud infrastructure to model capabilities, model services, and Agentic applications. Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu said customer demand for AI is strong and the company will invest heavily in AI infrastructure, aiming for Alibaba Cloud's global data center capacity to exceed 20GW by 2032.
