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title: "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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published_at: "2026-10-19T17:05:07.000Z"
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summary: "DeepSeek and Huawei are collaborating on future AI chip designs, and DeepSeek plans to start using Ascend 950DT for pre-training as soon as the end of 2026."
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# 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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**Published:** 2026-10-19T17:05:07.000Z
**Category:** Chips
**Topics:** deepseek, llm

## Summary

DeepSeek and Huawei are collaborating on future AI chip designs, and DeepSeek plans to start using Ascend 950DT for pre\-training as soon as the end of 2026\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://www.techmeme.com/261019/p35>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/kyleichan/status/2112246620641456628>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/Osint613/status/2112215400041574779>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/teortaxesTex/status/2112227356031250837>)
- [Story source](<https://huggingnews.com/ai/deepseek-to-take-majority-of-huawei-ascend-960dt-chip-supply-df59a16a>)
- [Story source](<https://marketbrief.now/ai/deepseek-to-take-majority-of-huawei-ascend-960dt-chip-supply-df59a16a>)