Tech war: DeepSeek’s V3.1 model emerges as ‘key pillar’ for China’s chip self-sufficiency

Tech war: DeepSeek’s V3.1 model emerges as ‘key pillar’ for China’s chip self-sufficiency

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 Tuesday. That architecture showed that the synergy between mainland-designed software and chips would realise significant results, according to the report. FP8, known as…

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Tech war: which Chinese firm is supplying next-generation AI chips to DeepSeek?

Tech war: which Chinese firm is supplying next-generation AI chips to DeepSeek?

The Hangzhou-based start-up’s cryptic one-line post on WeChat triggered online discussions about which AI chip supplier, or suppliers, would unveil this breakthrough, even as US tech restrictions remain in place. DeepSeek’s post on Thursday said the “UE8M0 FP8 scale” of its V3.1 AI model was particularly designed “for home-grown chips to be released soon”. Apart…

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Tech war: DeepSeek hints China close to unveiling home-grown ‘next generation’ AI chips

Tech war: DeepSeek hints China close to unveiling home-grown ‘next generation’ AI chips

Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek said that China will soon have home-grown “next generation” chips for AI stacking, fanning speculation over breakthroughs China may have achieved. In a one-line note on its official WeChat account explaining the “UE8M0 FP8 scale” of its newly released model V3.1, the Hangzhou-based firm said that the model was particularly…

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