DeepSeek partners with Huawei to develop chip programming tools, reducing reliance on Nvidia

Chinese AI company DeepSeek has entered into an agreement with Huawei Technologies to develop programming tools for Huawei's Ascend chips, as reported on September 30. This collaboration signifies a growing trend among Chinese tech firms seeking alternatives to the Nvidia ecosystem. DeepSeek announced on its WeChat account that it would open-source infrastructure for Huawei's Ascend platform, including a high-level programming language named TileLang.

The company emphasized that TileLang was designed to create a new generation of independent, self-controlled GPU software ecosystem. DeepSeek highlighted the importance of establishing a universal, easy-to-program high-level language capable of reaching the hardware's full performance potential. They further explained that TileLang offers a simpler programming model compared to Nvidia's CUDA, enhancing development efficiency and simplifying code logic.