Lenovo's (global) largest R&D and manufacturing base for intelligent computing devices — LCFC Technology — has reached a significant milestone: Lenovo's first server equipped with domestic AI computing chips, the Lenovo Wentian WA5480 G3, was successfully delivered here.

As a vanguard in intelligent manufacturing, LCFC Technology is not only a key R&D and manufacturing base of Lenovo Group, but also a core force in the R&D and manufacturing of domestic AI computing chip servers. The successful delivery of this intelligent computing server highlights the crucial role that LCFC Technology plays in advancing the localization process in the intelligent computing field.

LCFC Technology, a 100-billion-yuan "lighthouse factory", can produce domestic high-end AI servers besides laptops and general-purpose servers. Lenovo Group Vice President and LCFC CEO Ding Xiaohui said Lenovo will boost R&D to tackle data explosion challenges, support cloud computing/big data industries, offer market-fit innovative products, and while aligning with national industrial upgrading strategies, promote Hefei's industrial chain optimization and raise the industry's overall level.

Chen Zhenkuan, Lenovo Group Vice President and Lenovo China Infrastructure Business Group General Manager, said at the meeting that Lenovo aims to be a leading Chinese AI infrastructure provider. It will cooperate with ecological partners to advance the "One Horizontal and Five Vertical" layout, support China’s AI development and serve local customers. He added that cooperation with Hongxin Electronics is a breakthrough in independent innovation, and the delivered domestic AI server marks matured domestic AI tech and results of cooperation with local ecological partners.

Lenovo’s first domestic AI chip-equipped Wentian WA5480 G3 server (for large-scale AI training/inference) is co-developed with local partners, reflecting its "local innovation" and "localization/customization" values. Hongxin Electronics (first user)’s Li Qiang notes it boosts its tech upgrading; Iluvatar CoreX (GPU partner)’s Gai Lujiang says its GPUs fit the server, with 2024 joint multi-model launches; Enflame Technology’s Jiang Yujing adds its cloud products are compatible, and cooperation drives China’s digital economy.

Figure | Lenovo Wentian WA5480 G3 Server

Computing power underpins AI. Lenovo and LCFC’s WA5480 G3 server (with domestic AI chips) – a result of their long Hefei presence and intelligent computing focus – solidifies their global position and boosts China’s AI innovation. Amid "new-quality productive forces" efforts, they’ll leverage infrastructure advantages, partner locally for better products, with more outcomes expected for China’s sci-tech innovation.