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China's biggest internet firms including ByteDance, Tencent and Alibaba are reaching out to Huawei about new chip orders.
Demand for Huawei's Ascend 950 AI chips surged after DeepSeek's V4 model launched optimized for them.
KEY POINTS
- Huawei's Ascend 950PR chips are the only domestic option supporting compressed numerical AI computation in China.
- ByteDance, Tencent, and Alibaba are actively seeking large orders of Huawei's new AI chips.
- Huawei plans to ship about 750,000 units of the 950PR this year, ramping up in 2026.
- DeepSeek's V4 models are open-sourced under the MIT license, enabling commercial use and modification.
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