The Mystery of China's Model Training Compute
zephyr_z9 · x · 2026-07-17
The quoted content questions how Chinese labs manage to train a "3T-level" strong model when US frontier labs possess significantly more and stronger compute power.
Possible explanations mentioned include: Huawei training chips might have largely caught up; Chinese labs might have acquired Blackwell chips through other channels; or the actual scale of compute used is much larger than the outside world imagines. Overall, it's speculation centered around training compute, chip generational gaps, and export controls.
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