Alibaba Open-Sources SAIL, Challenging NVIDIA's CUDA

Alibaba open-sourced SAIL, software that runs its Tianji AI chips, to build an independent ecosystem and reduce switching costs from NVIDIA's CUDA. The move mirrors similar efforts by Huawei (CANN) and other Chinese chipmakers, though experts expect ecosystem lock-in to CUDA will persist for years.

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