Huawei and DeepSeek successfully demonstrated a hardware-software collaboration, adapting DeepSeek’s V4 model to Huawei’s new Ascend chips. This effort highlights China's progress toward technological self-reliance amid US semiconductor restrictions.

Huawei Technologies’ newest Ascend 950PR and 950DT chips enjoyed “day zero” adaptation to DeepSeek’s latest V4 model, the Shenzhen-based tech giant said in a livestream on Friday, just hours after the model’s release. The hardware-software collaboration between the two Chinese firms underscores the progress China has made in tech self-reliance, a top national priority for Beijing amid US efforts to block its access to advanced semiconductor chips and chipmaking equipment. During the livestream.....