DeepSeek’s V3.1 model emerges as ‘key pillar’ for China’s chip self-sufficiency
DeepSeek‘s recently released V3.1 AI model has unleashed fresh optimism about the prospects of China developing advanced artificial intelligence semiconductors, according to analysts. The Hangzhou-based start-up‘s updated model, which supports an innovative data format called UE8M0 FP8, was “ushering in a booming domestic computing power chain”, Huatai Securities analysts said in a research note on…