Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · Jul 7
DeepSeek Develops AI Inference Chip for User Queries
Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · Jul 7

DeepSeek Develops AI Inference Chip for User Queries

3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jul 7

Summary

  • Reuters reported that DeepSeek is developing its own AI chip, marking a move by the Chinese startup to build hardware for its artificial intelligence systems.
  • The chip is aimed at inference—the stage when trained models generate responses to users’ queries—rather than at training new models.
  • DeepSeek did not respond to a request for comment on the report, which cited unnamed sources.

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