Details emerge on DeepSeek's custom chip: skip-scale optimization cuts power, boosts frequency
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-10-03
- leortaxesTex shares technical details on DeepSeek's custom chip.
- Its skip-scale optimization reduces FixPipe transfers, vector work, and memory movement; DeepSeek notes that cutting compute/data-movement power allows the chip to run at higher frequency, improving performance.
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