Report: DeepSeek still seeks Blackwell chips as hedge over Huawei Ascend reliability
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-11-13
A cited report says DeepSeek, while leading in adapting to Huawei Ascend chips, is still trying to get more Blackwell chips — for research and as a fallback in case Huawei chips don't work.
Commenter teortaxesTex argues Ascend chips "will work fine," but Blackwells are vastly better for some tasks, and is ambivalent about export-control figures who have little interest in the tech they restrict.
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