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  "id": 10843038,
  "title": "DeepSeek partners with Huawei to develop chip programming tools, reducing reliance on Nvidia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/deepseek-partners-with-huawei-to-develop-chip-programming-tools",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-30T03:05:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Channel News Asia",
    "slug": "channel-news-asia",
    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/deepseek-partners-huawei-develop-chip-programming-tools-reducing-reliance-nvidia-6420286"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
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    "DeepSeek partners with Huawei to develop chip programming tools.",
    "Collaboration aims to reduce reliance on Nvidia ecosystem.",
    "DeepSeek opens-source infrastructure for Huawei's Ascend platform."
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  "editors_take": "DeepSeek's partnership with Huawei to develop chip programming tools marks a step towards reducing China's reliance on Nvidia's ecosystem, with TileLang offering a simpler alternative to CUDA.",
  "illustration": null,
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        "title": "DeepSeek partners with Huawei to develop chip programming tools, reducing reliance on Nvidia",
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        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "DeepSeek partners with Huawei to develop chip programming tools, reducing reliance on Nvidia",
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        "title": "DeepSeek partners with Huawei to develop chip programming tools, reducing reliance on Nvidia",
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        "outlet": "Economic Times Tech",
        "title": "DeepSeek partners with Huawei to develop chip programming tools, reducing reliance on Nvidia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/deepseek-partners-with-huawei-to-develop-chip-programming-tools-10848171",
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        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "DeepSeek partners with Huawei to develop chip programming tools, reducing reliance on Nvidia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/deepseek-partners-with-huawei-to-develop-chip-programming-tools-10851220",
        "published": "2026-09-30T03:31:40.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "DeepSeek says it has partnered with Huawei to develop programming tools for Huawei's Ascend chips, including TileLang, an open-source CUDA alternative (Reuters)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/deepseek-says-it-has-partnered-with-huawei-to-develop-programming",
        "published": "2026-09-30T05:00:48.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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