Huawei's Ascend 384 supernode computing cluster has been deployed at Wuxi Hongxin Electronics.
On May 17, Hongxin Electronics partnered with Wuxi High-tech Zone to establish Jiangsu Province's first Huawei Ascend 384 supernode computing cluster, marking a significant milestone for China's domestic computing infrastructure. Using this cluster as foundational infrastructure, Hongxin Electronics will build a large-scale "Token Factory" in Wuxi—a new model for high-performance computing based on "national chips, national models." The initial deployment includes four Ascend 384 supernode servers, interconnecting 1,536 GPUs into a unified super cluster that breaks away from traditional decentralized computing approaches and delivers ultra-high parallel computing capabilities for large-scale AI model training and inference.
This deployment fully adopts Huawei's end-to-end Ascend technology roadmap, spanning chips, servers, and cluster networking, serving as a practical example of China's push for self-reliant AI infrastructure. The "Token Factory" concept reimagines computing power as an on-demand utility, using tokens—the basic processing unit for large language models—as a standardized metric to deliver cost-effective, scalable computing services. This model emphasizes economies of scale, high resource utilization, and low entry barriers, enabling enterprises, research institutions, and developers to access robust domestic computing power for large-model training, AI inference, and vertical industry applications.
Strategically, this collaboration extends beyond infrastructure construction to explore a viable path for the engineered, commercialized development of domestically produced computing power. As AI development shifts from parameter-centric to application-driven models, demand for stable, efficient, and controllable domestic computing resources is accelerating. Industry analysts view the Hongxin-Wuxi project as a replicable and scalable blueprint for the nation—a "domestic computing cluster + computing service factory" model that can help China's AI industry reduce reliance on overseas technologies and build an independent, controllable computing ecosystem. With Wuxi's strong foundation in integrated circuits and IoT, this initiative positions the region at the forefront of China's high-end domestic computing power development.
