Huawei unveils Ascend 960 SuperPoD with NPO for AI infrastructure

At HUAWEI CONNECT 2026, Huawei announced the Ascend 960 SuperPoD, which supports up to 4,096 NPU cards and uses NPO technology. According to Huawei, Hi-ONE NPO units can replace 48,000 800G optical modules with about 5,500 units, reducing power consumption by more than 550kW, and system availability will reach 99.8%.