DeepSeek to release long-awaited AI model in new challenge to US rivals
Chinese AI group has worked with Huawei to cut reliance on Nvidia chips
Chinese AI group has worked with Huawei to cut reliance on Nvidia chips

Difficulties of training the start-up’s latest system with Huawei’s semiconductors highlight dependence on Nvidia

Chinese tech companies place large orders for the Shenzhen-based group’s latest range of AI processors

China’s favouring of small and cheap models such as DeepSeek could prove to be the better bet

Fabrication plants serving Huawei push to increase production as US cuts off access to Nvidia’s top processors

Alibaba and ByteDance shift development to south-east Asia to sidestep US curbs

Chief executive Jensen Huang says company received flood of orders and American licences over past two weeks