The partnership arrives as the US barred DeepSeek products from federal civilian agency systems on Oct. 19 over national security concerns. DeepSeek, which recently optimized a supernode using 128 Ascend 950 chips, is preparing an initial public offering on the Shanghai STAR Market with a filing target by the end of this year.
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DeepSeek to Take Majority of Huawei Ascend 960DT Chip Supply
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The artificial intelligence developer will begin pre-training models using Ascend 950DT processors by the close of 2026, The Information reports. DeepSeek has also arranged to receive the majority of the supply of Huawei's Ascend 960DT chips throughout 2027 as the two firms collaborate on custom silicon to challenge the market dominance of Nvidia and eliminate reliance on CUDA software.
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