Sources: DeepSeek and Huawei are collaborating on future AI chip designs; DeepSeek plans to start using Ascend 950DT for pre-training as soon as 2026's end (The Information)

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1. SOURCE@kyleichan · Oct 20, 1:16 AM · “DeepSeek is planning to use Huawei Ascend 950DT chips for pre-training “as soon as the end of this year” and will receive “most of the supply of the Ascend 960DT” next year” · x.com
2. SUPPORT@osint613 · Oct 19, 11:12 PM · “DeepSeek and Huawei have teamed up on new AI chip designs” · x.com
3. SUPPORT@teortaxestex · Oct 20, 12:00 AM · “he had a fairly serious intention to produce independent Whale Compute Units” · x.com
4. SOURCEhuggingnews · huggingnews.com
5. SOURCEOct 20, 1:38 AM · marketbrief.now