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DeepSeek adds Huawei Ascend support to TileKernels and open-sources Ascend tooling

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DeepSeek open-sourced programming infrastructure for Huawei's Ascend platform on September 30, according to a report by X.PIN. Its TileKernels repository now supports Ascend, so the same Python APIs can run on both Nvidia GPUs and Huawei NPUs.

The report argues that easier programming could make domestic Chinese chips a more usable alternative to Nvidia hardware, despite supply limits and higher cost. It also says the change does not let every CUDA program run on Ascend unchanged.

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    DeepSeek works to make Huawei Ascend chips easier to program than Nvidia's

    AIDeepSeek open-sourced programming infrastructure for Huawei's Ascend platform on September 30, and its TileKernels repository added Ascend support, letting the same Python APIs run on Nvidia GPUs and Huawei NPUs. The article argues that easier programming could make domestic chips a more usable alternative despite supply limits and higher cost, though it does not make every CUDA program run on Ascend unchanged.

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