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T-Head Hanguang 800 (含光800)

Alibaba T-Head's first data-center AI inference NPU (2019), which set ResNet-50 inference records at launch. Never sold as a chip or card — deployed only inside Alibaba Cloud — with a next-generation chip rumored in September 2025.

ChinaLimited availabilityAlibaba T-Head (平头哥)Hanguang familyLaunched 2019-09TSMC 12nm, ~17B transistors

Pricing not publicly disclosed · researched 2026-08-27

Specifications

Sourced specs

SpecValueSource
INT8 compute820 TOPS peakvia qbitai.com2019-09
ResNet-50 inference78,563 IPS; 500 IPS/W efficiency (3.3x runner-up at launch)via qbitai.com2019-09
Process nodeTSMC 12nm, ~17 billion transistorsvia finance.sina.com.cn2025-09-19

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Context

Notes

  • Pricing not publicly disclosed — the chip is not sold separately; compute is monetized via Alibaba Cloud services.
  • September 2025 industry speculation (Sina Finance) points to a next-generation Hanguang data-center chip, unconfirmed: https://finance.sina.com.cn/jjxw/2025-09-19/doc-infqzuwc2872902.shtml

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