Sberbank CEO German Gref said on Wednesday that Russia's largest bank hopes to use Chinese-made processors to run GigaChat, the country's flagship AI model, according to Reuters. Gref made the remarks on Russian state broadcaster Channel One during President Vladimir Putin's two-day visit to Beijing, while sanctions continue to prevent Russia from procuring advanced Western AI hardware.
Gref didn’t specify which Chinese chips Sberbank is interested in, but the most likely candidate is Huawei's Ascend 950 family, which is also a target of intense buying competition among China's own tech giants.
