Rumor: DeepSeek Plans 2T-Parameter V5 Pretraining on Huawei Ascend 950

An unverified rumor claims DeepSeek plans to pretrain a 2T-parameter V5 model on Huawei Ascend 950/950DT chips, with the timeline possibly extending to 2027. Commentators speculate a V4.1 Pro of similar scale may already exist but suffered a failed training run.

2026-11-11 ~ 2026-11-11 · 2 related posts

• Rumor: DeepSeek to pretrain ~2T-param V5 on Huawei Ascend 950, release may slip to 2027 — teortaxesTex · 2026-11-11
• Poster speculates DeepSeek's V4.1 Pro already exists in pretrained form, possibly a failed run — teortaxesTex · 2026-11-11