Huawei Technologies on Thursday unveiled its latest Ascend 960 SuperPoD and an upgraded version of its UnifiedBus interconnect technology, a key component of the Chinese tech giant’s strategy to build advanced artificial intelligence systems despite US semiconductor-related restrictions. At the Huawei Connect 2026 conference in Shanghai, the Shenzhen-based firm introduced near-packaged optics, or NPO, to the company’s SuperPoD architecture for the first time. Huawei said the combination of its...