DeepSeek V4 model bets on Huawei chips as demand surges

DeepSeek is launching its upcoming AI model V4, which will use Huawei Technologies chips to create a new driving force for the international AI competition. The DeepSeek V4 model is expected to debut within weeks as Chinese tech giants ramp up investment in domestic hardware.

The DeepSeek V4 model has been developed to run on Huawei chips after months of collaboration with Cambricon Technologies. Engineers rewrote certain parts of the model's code to achieve compatibility with Chinese-made processors.

Major tech giants including Alibaba, ByteDance, and Tencent have placed bulk orders for Huawei's upcoming chips. The orders reportedly total hundreds of thousands of units, which indicates strong demand before the DeepSeek V4 launch.

The scale of these orders suggests growing confidence in domestic chip capabilities as competition in the AI sector intensifies.

Unlike what is typical within the industry, DeepSeek withheld access to the V4 model to chipmakers in the US and focused on its local partners such as Huawei, signalling a move toward Chinese AI ecosystems.

It is currently developing two more models of the DeepSeek V4 model, designed differently depending on their capability and using similar hardware.

DeepSeek’s previous models created stock market volatility in global technology companies and raised concerns regarding excessive expenditure by western AI companies.Western