China’s Sugon unveils new AI infrastructure to rival platforms from Nvidia and Huawei
China’s supercomputing industry has taken a significant step forward as Beijing based technology firm Sugon introduced a new artificial intelligence infrastructure aimed at competing with leading global platforms developed by Nvidia and Huawei Technologies. The announcement highlights China’s accelerating push to build large scale computing systems capable of supporting the next generation of artificial intelligence research and industrial use.
Sugon, officially known as Dawning Information Industry and listed on the Shanghai stock exchange, unveiled its new scaleX platform at a launch event held in Kunshan in eastern Jiangsu province. The company described the system as China’s first artificial intelligence supercluster built around ten thousand computing cards, marking a major leap in domestic data center capability.
According to Sugon, the scaleX platform is designed to deliver more than five eflops of total computing power. An eflop refers to a quintillion floating point operations per second, a benchmark commonly used to measure the performance of advanced supercomputers and high intensity artificial intelligence hardware. Systems operating at this level are essential for training massive language models, running complex simulations, and supporting scientific research that relies on enormous volumes of data.
Li Bin, senior vice president at Sugon, said the scaleX supercluster was built to handle highly demanding workloads such as trillion parameter artificial intelligence models and advanced scientific computing. He noted that the platform draws on Sugon’s long experience in developing large scale computing systems and integrating hardware with software optimized for complex scenarios.
Sugon also suggested that certain capabilities of the new platform already exceed those of Nvidia’s Rubin Ultra NVL576 rack, a next generation system that Nvidia is expected to release later in the decade. While Nvidia remains the dominant global supplier of artificial intelligence computing hardware, Chinese firms have increasingly focused on building alternatives as access to foreign chips becomes more restricted.
The launch of scaleX reflects broader trends within China’s technology sector, where demand for computing power continues to surge. Artificial intelligence applications are expanding rapidly across manufacturing, finance, healthcare, scientific research, and government services. Each of these areas requires reliable high performance infrastructure that can operate at scale while remaining adaptable to new models and workloads.
Industry observers say the competition among Chinese technology firms is intensifying as companies race to provide homegrown solutions for data centers and cloud platforms. Alongside established players like Huawei, firms such as Sugon are positioning themselves as key suppliers for national research projects and enterprise customers seeking alternatives to foreign technology.
As artificial intelligence becomes more deeply embedded in economic and scientific activity, infrastructure platforms like scaleX are expected to play a central role in shaping China’s digital future. Sugon’s latest move signals confidence that domestic engineering can meet the growing need for powerful, scalable computing systems capable of supporting the most advanced artificial intelligence tasks.
