- A company faces sales approval hurdles and requires U.S. licenses to access the $200 billion CPU market in China.
- Nvidia leverages Taiwanese partners in its supply chain and receives licenses for advanced AI chip exports to China, aiming for the $200 billion market.
- Huawei and DeepSeek are competing in advanced chip manufacturing, representing China's push against US export limits.
- DeepSeek is training models on Huawei hardware, which is competing against Nvidia's chips in the context of China's push against US export limits.
DeepSeek announced a strategic move to reduce its reliance on third-party hardware providers.
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Updated Sep 8
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What happened
DeepSeek announced a strategic move to reduce its reliance on third-party hardware providers.
Who's involved
What this event is mainly aboutHow it developed
Newest first. Tap a step to see who reported it.DeepSeek tested Huawei chips but reverted to Nvidia hardware for training.1 source
- DeepSeek is deploying Huawei Ascend chips and competing with Nvidia in overseas markets by undercutting on price and performance.Sub-event
DeepSeek is developing its own AI chip and rack-scale architecture to reduce reliance on incumbents.1 source
DeepSeek is strategically reducing reliance on third-party providers.1 source
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The entities involved
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DeepSeek
Chinese artificial intelligence company
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Huawei
Chinese multinational technology company
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Nvidia
American multinational technology company
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