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DeepSeek and Huawei are partnering to build open-source AI chip software to cut Nvidia reliance

DeepSeek released six software modules for Huawei's Ascend platform, including a version of its TileLang programming language designed to rival Nvidia's CUDA

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On Wednesday, DeepSeek announced a partnership with Huawei Technologies aimed at building programming tools tailored to Huawei's Ascend chips, the latest move by Chinese tech firms to establish alternatives to Nvidia $NVDA's software ecosystem, according to Reuters.

The Hangzhou-based AI firm shared the news via its official WeChat account, disclosing that it has made six software modules available as open source for Huawei's Ascend platform, among them libraries........

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