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DeepSeek Unveils Huawei AI Chip Tools, Challenging Nvidia's Dominance
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Moneycontrol•30-09-2026, 12:14
DeepSeek Unveils Huawei AI Chip Tools, Challenging Nvidia's Dominance
- •DeepSeek publicly released software developed with Huawei Technologies Co. to program AI chips, aiming to replace Nvidia Corp.'s technology.
- •The AI lab made its software toolkit for Huawei’s Ascend accelerators open-source and free to download, including TileLang, China’s alternative to Nvidia’s CUDA.
- •This move signifies deepening ties between DeepSeek and Huawei, key players in China's push for domestic AI software and circuitry.
- •DeepSeek plans to deploy at least 160,000 of Huawei’s most powerful accelerators in a massive data center in Inner Mongolia.
- •DeepSeek and Huawei collaborated to optimize performance on Ascend 950 chips, with Huawei providing significant support during development.
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DeepSeek and Huawei jointly released software tools to program AI chips, making their TileLang software toolkit open-source and free to download. TileLang serves as China’s alternative to Nvidia’s CUDA platform.
DeepSeek plans to deploy at least 160,000 of Huawei's powerful accelerators at a massive data center currently under construction in Inner Mongolia.
DeepSeek and Huawei worked together to optimize software performance specifically on Huawei's Ascend 950 chips, with plans to use the next-generation Ascend 950DT chips for operating their models.
