Facing US export controls, China's DeepSeek plans to make its own chips
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DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup behind models that rival OpenAI and Anthropic, is developing its own data center chips for running AI — a move driven largely by US export restrictions that block Nvidia from selling advanced chips in China. DeepSeek has spent about a year meeting hardware partners and hiring engineers, aiming to reduce dependence on both Nvidia and Huawei, which currently dominates half of China's AI chip market.
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