Chinese GPU makers announced 1024-card optical interconnect supernodes at WAIC, claiming to surpass Nvidia's 128-card clusters with homegrown photonic technology.

Chinese GPU makers announced 1024-card optical interconnect supernodes at WAIC, claiming to surpass Nvidia's 128-card clusters with homegrown photonic technology.

Signals China is building AI infrastructure independent of US controls; optical interconnect validates parallel GPU cluster architectures as viable paths around Nvidia.