DeepSeek ships open-source TileLang tools for Huawei Ascend chips, countering CUDA
The Decoder · rss · 2026-09-30
DeepSeek and Huawei have built open-source programming tools for Huawei's Ascend AI chips, centered on TileLang, a language offering a simpler programming model than Nvidia's CUDA. The partnership targets the biggest obstacle for China's AI industry: software that unlocks domestic chips' full performance, as the industry closes ranks amid US chip export restrictions.
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