Chinese AI model dev still plans to use homegrown silicon for inferencing Unhelpful Huawei AI chips are reportedly why Chinese model dev DeepSeek's next-gen LLMs are taking so long.… Following the industry rattling launch of DeepSeek R1 earlier this year,

Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek has delayed the release of its new model after failing to train it using Huawei's chips, highlighting the limits of Beijing's push to replace U.S. technology,

After experiencing “persistent technical issues” with Huawei’s Ascend chips, DeepSeek has delayed the release of its R2 AI model.