# DeepSeek has ‌spent the past few months working with Huawei and another Chinese chip designer.

*semiconductor · news · 2026-04-04 · The Indian Express*

## Key points

- DeepSeek collaborated with Huawei and Cambricon to rewrite model code for Chinese chips.
- DeepSeek is developing two additional V4 model variants tailored for different Chinese chip platforms.
- DeepSeek withheld its flagship model V4 from U.S. chipmakers for performance optimization.
- Early access to DeepSeek-V4 was given exclusively to domestic Chinese technology suppliers.

DeepSeek has ‌spent the past few months working directly with Huawei and another Chinese chip designer, Cambricon Technologies, to help rewrite pieces of the model’s underlying code, and in testing, the report said, citing two people close to the company. DeepSeek is also working on two ⁠additional V4 variants, ⁠each optimized for different capabilities and built to run on Chinese chips, the report said. Reuters ⁠had ‌earlier this year reported that DeepSeek ​has not shown U.S. chipmakers its upcoming ‌flagship model for performance optimization, breaking from standard industry practice ahead of a major model update. The ‌lab instead granted ​early access ​to ​domestic suppliers, including Huawei Technologies. The release of DeepSeek’s low-cost models V3 and R1 triggered a ​global tech stock selloff last year, ⁠causing investors to question whether U.S. AI firms needed to spend billions of dollars on AI computing power. Since then, ‌there has ⁠been a great deal of interest in DeepSeek-V4, a next-generation model that has yet ​to be released.

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

[Read the full story on The Indian Express](https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/artificial-intelligence/deepseeks-v4-model-will-run-on-huawei-chips-report-10618486/)

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