China's DeepSeek developing its own AI chip, sources say
- Chinese startup DeepSeek is developing its own AI chip, according to three people familiar with the matter, a push that could reduce its reliance on Nvidia and Huawei chips, which it has depended on to train and run its globally popular models.
- The chip is designed for inference - the stage of AI computing in which a trained model generates responses for users - rather than for training new models, the sources said.
- If successful, DeepSeek's expansion into semiconductor development would mark a major strategic shift for a company widely hailed in China as the country's AI champion, potentially a
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- Chinese startup DeepSeek is developing its own AI chip, according to three people familiar with the matter, a push that could reduce its reliance on Nvidia and Huawei chips, which it has depended on to train and run its globally popular models.
- The chip is designed for inference - the stage of AI computing in which a trained model generates responses for users - rather than for training new models, the sources said.
- If successful, DeepSeek's expansion into semiconductor development would mark a major strategic shift for a company widely hailed in China as the country's AI champion, potentially a
Sources: CNA