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DeepSeek, Huawei Launch Open-Source AI Software to Rival Nvidia's CUDA
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CNBC TV18•30-09-2026, 11:56
DeepSeek, Huawei Launch Open-Source AI Software to Rival Nvidia's CUDA
- •DeepSeek released open-source software for programming Huawei's AI chips, offering a homegrown alternative to Nvidia's dominant tools.
- •The toolkit, including TileLang, is designed to be China's answer to Nvidia's CUDA, the global standard for AI development.
- •The collaboration aims to enable Chinese developers to build AI without relying on American technology.
- •DeepSeek worked with Huawei to optimize performance on Ascend 950 chips, with Huawei providing significant support.
- •DeepSeek plans to install at least 160,000 Huawei Ascend accelerators in a new data center in Inner Mongolia.
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DeepSeek launched a free, open-source software toolkit, including TileLang, that allows developers to program Huawei's artificial intelligence chips and serve as a homegrown alternative to Nvidia's CUDA platform.
DeepSeek plans to install at least 160,000 of Huawei's most powerful accelerators at a large data center it is building in Inner Mongolia.
DeepSeek is finalizing a fundraising round that values the company at close to 500 billion yuan, or roughly $74 billion, ahead of a public listing that could occur as early as this year.
