DeepSeek reportedly building software for Huawei Ascend 950 chips, open-sourcing six CUDA-challenging tools
IntCyberDigest · x · 2026-09-30
Reports say DeepSeek is developing software for Huawei's AI chips to reduce dependence on Nvidia, open-sourcing six core tools that directly target CUDA.
The Huawei-backed project adapts TileLang — a coding language DeepSeek calls simpler than Nvidia's CUDA — for Huawei's Ascend 950 AI chips.
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