# The hardware-software collaboration underscores the progress China has made in tech self-reliance.

*genai · news · 2026-04-24 · South China Morning Post*

## Key points

- Huawei's Ascend SuperNode product line is now fully adapted for DeepSeek V4 model inference.
- Huawei's CANN software system has been specifically tuned for DeepSeek’s latest AI model.
- The collaboration resulted in significant improvements to model inference prior to DeepSeek V4's release.
- By 2030, global AI inference computational demand is expected to surpass that of training.

**Companies:** Huawei, DeepSeek
**Countries:** China

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