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DeepSeek R2 model release reportedly held back by faulty Huawei chips
Chinese authorities reportedly told DeepSeek to use Huawei’s chips in the wake of a decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to prohibit the export of Nvidia’s popular H20 GPU to China. The ban came into effect immediately following the April announcement.
Upcoming DeepSeek AI model failed to train using Huawei’s chips
Huawei sent a team of engineers to DeepSeek’s office to help the company use its AI chip to develop the R2 model, according to two people. Yet despite having the team on site, DeepSeek could not conduct a successful training run on the Ascend chip, said the people.
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More specifically, DeepSeek claims it trained its V3 (chat) AI model using a cluster of 2,048 Nvidia H800 GPUs, which cost approximately $5.5 million.
DeepSeek has been building AI models ever since, reportedly purchasing 10,000 Nvidia A100s before they were restricted, which are two generations prior to the current Blackwell chip.
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