Chinese start-up 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 \u2013 the stage of AI computing in which a trained model generates responses for users \u2013 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 adding to challenges faced by Chinese tech giant Huawei.
“Nvidia is at zero in China and staying there. DeepSeek has almost no chance of selling silicon outside of China unless it gets access to leading edge manufacturing,” said analyst Richard Windsor of Radio Free Mobile, adding that the development does not affect the chipmaker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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