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Reported. The Information, as relayed by Yahoo Finance, reports that Huawei engineers have been stationed at DeepSeek's offices to fold its feedback into chip designs, and that DeepSeek plans to start training on Ascend 950DT chips as soon as the end of 2026. The report cites people familiar with the collaboration; neither company has confirmed it.
- Reported
Relaying The Information, citing people familiar with the collaboration: Huawei engineers have been stationed at DeepSeek's offices, incorporating its feedback into chip designs. DeepSeek plans to begin using Huawei's Ascend 950DT chips for model training as soon as the end of 2026, and Huawei plans to prioritize DeepSeek for most of its next-generation Ascend 960DT chips, expected in Q1 2027. DeepSeek is not abandoning Nvidia, the report says.
- Has DeepSeek confirmed it?
- No. Neither DeepSeek nor Huawei has confirmed it as of Oct 20.
- Unconfirmed
- Circulating with at least one public source we can link to; no official confirmation.
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- Confirmed
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- Debunked
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