Alibaba reportedly backs Kimi K3 with 20,000 Nvidia chips 报道称阿里以2万颗Nvidia芯片支持Kimi K3
Tech Times reports that Alibaba funded Kimi K3 with an estimated 20,000 Nvidia chips, making access to compute a competitive issue for Chinese foundation-model developers. The report points to pressure on Qwen as well: capital and GPU allocation can shape model competition as directly as algorithmic progress. Tech Times报道称,阿里巴巴以约2万颗Nvidia芯片支持Kimi K3,使算力获取成为中国基础模型开发商竞争的核心变量。报道也指出这会给Qwen带来压力:资本与GPU配给对模型竞争的影响,可能不亚于算法进展。