{"version":1,"type":"story","url":"https://digestai.news/story/deepseek-plans-to-use-huawei-ascend-950dt-for-pretraining-by-end-of-20","json":"https://digestai.news/story/deepseek-plans-to-use-huawei-ascend-950dt-for-pretraining-by-end-of-20.json","markdown":"https://digestai.news/story/deepseek-plans-to-use-huawei-ascend-950dt-for-pretraining-by-end-of-20.md","slug":"deepseek-plans-to-use-huawei-ascend-950dt-for-pretraining-by-end-of-20","headline":"DeepSeek plans to use Huawei Ascend 950DT for pre‑training by end of 2026","summary":"According to two people familiar with the matter, DeepSeek is working closely with Huawei Technologies to shape the design of future AI chips. The collaboration is aimed at enabling DeepSeek to start using Huawei's Ascend 950DT processor for its pre‑training workloads.\n\nDeepSeek intends to begin pre‑training on the Ascend 950DT as early as the end of 2026. The timeline and details were not confirmed by either company, and the source did not disclose any financial terms of the partnership.","keyPoints":["DeepSeek is collaborating with Huawei to influence the design of future AI chips.","The partnership targets using Huawei's Ascend 950DT chip for DeepSeek's pre‑training workloads.","DeepSeek aims to begin pre‑training on the Ascend 950DT by the end of 2026."],"whyItMatters":"Access to Huawei's Ascend 950DT could boost DeepSeek's training efficiency and signal tighter integration between Chinese AI firms and domestic chip makers.","category":{"slug":"hardware","name":"Hardware & Compute","url":"https://digestai.news/category/hardware"},"entities":{"companies":["DeepSeek","Huawei Technologies"],"models":[],"people":[]},"firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-19T17:05:07Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-19T17:05:07Z","sourceCount":3,"hasPrimarySource":false,"sources":[{"outlet":"theinformation.com","title":"Sources: DeepSeek and Huawei are collaborating on future AI chip designs; DeepSeek plans to start using Ascend 950DT for pre-training as soon as 2026's end","url":"https://theinformation.com/articles/deepseek-shaping-huaweis-ai-chips-growing-challenge-nvidia","publishedAt":"2026-10-19T17:05:07Z","type":"press","primary":false,"lead":true},{"outlet":"finance.yahoo.com","title":"DeepSeek teams up with Huawei to challenge Nvidia","url":"https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/deepseek-teams-huawei-challenge-nvidia-183703468.html","publishedAt":"2026-10-19T11:38:00Z","type":"press","primary":false,"lead":false},{"outlet":"finance.yahoo.com","title":"Market Chatter: Nvidia Faces AI Chip Challenge From DeepSeek, Huawei Collaboration","url":"https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/market-chatter-nvidia-faces-ai-170008178.html","publishedAt":"2026-10-19T10:00:00Z","type":"press","primary":false,"lead":false}],"sourceNotes":null,"discussions":[],"thread":null,"cite":{"text":"Digest AI, \"DeepSeek plans to use Huawei Ascend 950DT for pre‑training by end of 2026\", 19 October 2026, https://digestai.news/story/deepseek-plans-to-use-huawei-ascend-950dt-for-pretraining-by-end-of-20","publisher":"Digest AI","title":"DeepSeek plans to use Huawei Ascend 950DT for pre‑training by end of 2026","datePublished":"2026-10-19T17:05:07Z","url":"https://digestai.news/story/deepseek-plans-to-use-huawei-ascend-950dt-for-pretraining-by-end-of-20"},"generatedBy":"Written by Digest AI's editorial model from the linked sources; the sources are the record.","license":"Headlines, digests and key points are written by Digest AI and may be quoted with a link to the story page. Linked articles belong to their publishers. Terms: https://digestai.news/terms#reuse"}