# Alibaba's Record-Breaking RISC-V Chip Is Actually Apple M1-Level, Analyst Finds

- slug: alibabas-record-breaking-risc-v-chip-is-actually-apple-m1-level-analyst-finds
- date: 2026-03-25
- category: Artificial Intelligence

Alibaba on Tuesday unveiled what it called the most powerful RISC-V processor ever made — and one independent analyst immediately did the math and reached a very different conclusion.

The Chinese tech giant revealed the XuanTie C950, a 5-nanometer server chip built on the open-source RISC-V arch...

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