Overview
- The Information reported that DeepSeek plans to launch its V4 model on Huawei’s latest chips, with Alibaba, ByteDance and Tencent ordering hundreds of thousands of units.
- Neither Huawei nor DeepSeek has confirmed the details, and the outlet attributed the orders to five people with direct knowledge.
- Huawei’s Ascend chips are designed to power large language models that need high compute for training and fast responses for inference.
- DeepSeek has worked with Huawei and Cambricon to rewrite parts of the model’s code for Chinese chips, with two V4 variants in testing and a launch expected in the coming weeks, according to the report.
- Alibaba and Tencent are preparing to deploy the model across cloud and consumer services, which could cut reliance on foreign hardware and reshape chip demand in China.