Huawei has unveiled the Atlas 960E SuperPoD, a new AI computing system designed to handle increasingly large artificial intelligence models. The company announced the system on September 17 at HUAWEI CONNECT 2026 in Shanghai.

Huawei says the Atlas 960E is the industry’s first SuperPoD based on Near-Packaged Optics (NPO). The system supports training and inference for AI models approaching 10 trillion parameters.

Built for Large-Scale AI

The Atlas 960E combines Huawei’s UnifiedBus technology, also known as Lingqu, with the company’s Hi-ONE optical system. The architecture uses unified memory addressing, allowing computing resources to work more like a single system rather than separate machines.

A single SuperPoD can support up to 4,096 Ascend AI processors and deliver up to 8 EFLOPS of FP8 performance and 16 EFLOPS of FP4 performance. Huawei says the system uses a fully liquid-cooled design and an orthogonal architecture.

Hi-ONE Cuts Optical Hardware

A key part of the system is Huawei’s Hi-ONE NPO optical engine. Huawei says it offers 7.2 terabits per second of transmission capacity and includes an integrated light source.

The Atlas 960E uses about 5,500 Hi-ONE units, replacing roughly 48,000 traditional 800G optical modules. Huawei claims the design can reduce power consumption by more than 550 kilowatts, double fault-free operating time and provide 99.8% system availability.

Scaling to 1 Million AI Processors

Huawei is also extending the SuperPoD approach to general-purpose computing. Its upgraded TaiShan 950 SuperPoD supports up to 4,096 nodes and a 256 TB unified memory pool, while the OceanStor M900 provides petabyte-scale key-value caching for AI workloads.

Huawei also plans to connect multiple Atlas 960E SuperPoDs into larger AI clusters using UnifiedBus and RoCE networking. The company says its architecture can connect up to 512,000 AI processors, while a multi-rail topology can scale an Ascend SuperCluster to 1 million processors.

The Atlas 960E is scheduled for Q3 2027. Huawei is also preparing the Ascend 960 DT for Q1 2027, the Ascend 960 PR for Q3 2027, followed by the Ascend 970 in 2028 and Ascend 980 in 2029.

Huawei Atlas 960E SuperPoD: Key Specifications

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Huawei has expanded its connected device ecosystem with the launch of the HUAWEI Pura 90s Series, HUAWEI FreeClip 2 S, and HUAWEI MatePad Air at its Flagship Product Global Launch Event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 14, 2026. Under the theme “Now is Your Moment: Huawei Unlocks New Possibilities for Every Moment Through All-Scenario Innovation,” the company showcased its latest innovations designed to help users capture meaningful moments, express personal style, boost creativity, and improve productivity through seamless cross-device experiences.

HUAWEI Pura 90s Series: Advanced Imaging and AI

The HUAWEI Pura 90s Series is Huawei’s latest flagship smartphone lineup, built around advanced photography and creative expression. Inspired by the “Rhythm of Colour” design philosophy, the phones feature clean and elegant design lines, a layered color palette, and a premium Dual-Tone Gradient Mid-Frame that gives the devices a distinctive look.

Photography is the biggest highlight of the series. Huawei has equipped the smartphones with a 200MP Ultra Large Sensor Telephoto Camera alongside True-to-Colour Camera 2.0, bringing improvements to long-range photography, macro photography, and image quality in challenging lighting conditions. The system is designed to deliver clear, stable, and consistent imaging performance across a wide range of shooting scenarios.

The Pura 90s Series also introduces AI-powered photography features, including intelligent composition and image optimization. These tools speed up the workflow from capturing an image to editing it, allowing users to produce more expressive and refined photos with less effort.

HUAWEI FreeClip 2 S: Style, Comfort, and Practicality

Huawei also introduced the HUAWEI FreeClip 2 S, an open-ear wireless earbud designed for users seeking comfort, style, and everyday convenience. Following Huawei’s Luminous Aesthetics design philosophy, the earbuds combine metallic finishes with natural color tones and are available in Deepsea Blue and Space Silver.

The new Luminous Charging Case features a refined, rounded design and is crafted through more than 100 precision manufacturing steps. Huawei says the redesigned case offers 20% more usable interior space, making it possible to store not only the earbuds but also small personal accessories.

The earbuds feature an upgraded Airy C-bridge made from skin-friendly liquid silicone for a softer and lighter fit during extended wear. Huawei also applies a metallic finish using a luminous texture-spraying process developed through 22 paint-mixing and spraying processes, giving the earbuds a premium appearance. The FreeClip 2 S delivers clear music playback, improved call quality, and an open-ear listening experience that remains comfortable throughout the day.

HUAWEI MatePad Air: Productivity and Creativity

The HUAWEI MatePad Air is Huawei’s newest lightweight tablet, designed for work, learning, creativity, and entertainment. Measuring just 5.3 mm thick, the tablet combines a slim profile with a lightweight, premium design that is easy to carry throughout the day.

It features an Ultra-clear OLED PaperMatte Display that delivers vibrant colors, excellent clarity, accurate color reproduction, and a comfortable viewing experience for extended use.

Huawei has also focused heavily on productivity. The MatePad Air offers a PC-level productivity experience supported by integrated AI tools that help users streamline workflows, simplify presentation creation, and speed up content creation. According to Huawei, the tablet is designed to transform ideas into finished content while bringing desktop-like productivity to a highly portable device.

Strengthening Huawei’s All-Scenario Ecosystem

Huawei says the HUAWEI Pura 90s Series, HUAWEI FreeClip 2 S, and HUAWEI MatePad Air are designed to work together as part of its expanding all-scenario ecosystem. By connecting smartphones, tablets, and audio devices, the ecosystem delivers smoother cross-device experiences that enhance creativity, communication, productivity, personalized style, and everyday convenience.

Looking ahead, Huawei plans to continue expanding its all-scenario ecosystem to support a wider range of user needs while delivering smarter connected experiences that improve efficiency across modern digital lifestyles.

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Huawei is already embroiled in another controversy, this time, with regards to its new Huawei Pura 70 smartphone.

The Pura 70 series (our hands on here) boasts an AI-powered object removal function, designed to make photo editing seamless. Yet, this feature has sparked controversy and concern among users. Disgruntled customers took to Weibo, a popular Chinese social media platform, to demonstrate a worrying flaw: the AI’s ability to inadvertently remove parts of clothing from images with just a tap.

Videos posted by users show how easily clothing can be edited out, raising alarms over the potential for misuse. Such capabilities could lead to privacy invasions and the sharing of inappropriate content without consent, highlighting serious ethical and privacy issues.

We actually tried to recreate this in our unit and it was worrying to see the feature in action. We hope Huawei fixes this very soon.

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