Rumors Suggest DeepSeek is Developing Own AI Chips
TheRealMasonMac · reddit · 2026-07-12
Reuters reported that DeepSeek is developing its own AI chips.
This news points to model companies extending into underlying computing hardware. If true, it means they might be attempting to gain stronger self-control and cost optimization capabilities for inference and training compute.
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