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Malaysia denies reports of using Huawei chips for its AI infrastructure
Recent reports claimed that Malaysia will collaborate with Huawei to use its AI chips for its first full-stack artificial intelligence infrastructure. But the government has now denied these headlines, saying it isn’t involved in any such project.
According to Reuters, Malaysia has refuted the reports of using Huawei Ascend chips in its AI project. The government said it didn’t develop, coordinate, or endorse any type of agreement or strategy with a local firm or Huawei.
The Malaysian Trade Ministry said this on Wednesday. It further mentioned the country is committed to fully meet and stand with all applicable export control laws. Thus, it won’t take any such step that can cause a penalty issue for it.
On the other hand, Huawei revealed that it didn’t sell any Ascend chips in Malaysia to date. The Malaysian government also hasn’t purchased any such chipsets.
Malaysian Trade Ministry said:
“We wanted to clarify that the said initiative was not developed, endorsed, or coordinated by the government of Malaysia, nor does it form part of any government-to-government agreement or national technology programme.”
Apart from Huawei, Skyvast – a leading AI solution company is also said to be a part of the new AI infrastructure project. Although the company has not responded to this matter yet.
Deputy Communication Minister Teo Nie Ching had recently said that Malaysia is using Huawei Ascend chips and servers for a groundbreaking AI project. But the government clarified yesterday that the project was “privately driven”.
Perhaps, the Malaysian government changed their statement following the US-China tech tensions. The Trump administration has announced that anyone integrating Huawei AI chips in their products needs a special and legal approval.
If one violates these rules, they might face the consequences.
Malaysia denies reports of using Huawei chips for its AI infrastructure (Image Credits: Huawei)
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