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DeepSeek Releases Huawei AI Chip Software Toolkit

Chinese firms DeepSeek and Huawei partner on open-source tools to program AI chips, aiming to rival Nvidia.

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DeepSeek Releases Huawei AI Chip Software Toolkit

What this story says

  • DeepSeek and Huawei Technologies have jointly released open-source software designed to program Huawei's Ascend AI chips.
  • The software toolkit, named TileLang, is presented as China's alternative to Nvidia's CUDA platform.
  • DeepSeek plans to use at least 160,000 of Huawei's accelerators in a data centre it is constructing in Inner Mongolia.
  • The collaboration aims to foster greater self-sufficiency in China's artificial intelligence sector.

Who covered it

Left 0%(0)Centre 53%(9)Right 47%(8)

Percentages are shares of the 17 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 23 of the 40 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

42/100

Craft

61/100

Hype

20/100

40 sources · methodology

Thin on the left so far

None of the 17 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek has publicly released a software toolkit it developed with Huawei Technologies for programming AI chips. The software is intended for Huawei's Ascend accelerators and is being made available as open-source and free to download. This development is seen as a move by Chinese technology firms to deepen their collaboration and seek alternatives to the ecosystem dominated by Nvidia.

The toolkit includes TileLang, described as China's answer to Nvidia's CUDA, a widely used software platform for AI development. DeepSeek stated that TileLang offers a simpler programming model and aims to improve development efficiency while enabling full hardware performance potential. The company has also worked with Huawei to optimise performance on specific chips, such as the Ascend 950.

DeepSeek intends to deploy at least 160,000 of Huawei's accelerators in a large data centre it is building in Inner Mongolia. This partnership signifies a step towards fulfilling China's goal of replacing American software and hardware with domestic equivalents, particularly amid existing US export restrictions.

Disagreement on specific details

While multiple reports mention DeepSeek's plan to deploy Huawei's accelerators, the exact number varies. The Star Kuala Lumpur reported DeepSeek plans to deploy at least 160,000 accelerators. However, Channel News Asia and DeepSeek's own statement, as reported by Channel News Asia, mention a "supernode" solution based on 128 Ascend 950 chips.

What the coverage left out

None of the centre or right-rated reports printed below mention the specific valuation DeepSeek is reportedly seeking in its fundraising round, which was stated as close to 500 billion yuan (US$74 billion) in The Star Kuala Lumpur's full report.

Tags:#AIChips#DeepSeek#Huawei#Nvidia#TileLang#OpenSource

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 4 times, most recently on 30 Sept 2026, 17:00, and will add the sides that appear.

How other outlets pictured it

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FILE PHOTO: A DeepSeek AI sign is seen at a building where the Chinese start-up's office is located in Beijing, China, February 19, 2025. REUTERS/Florence Lo/File Photo
Channel News AsiaCentre

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

0 rated outlets

No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.

Centre

9 rated outlets

  • Centre-rated reports led on the partnership between DeepSeek and Huawei to develop programming tools for AI chips, highlighting the aim of reducing reliance on Nvidia. These reports noted the open-sourcing of the software toolkit for Huawei's Ascend platform, including the TileLang programming language, which is presented as an alternative to Nvidia's CUDA. Several centre-rated outlets quoted DeepSeek's statements about Huawei providing full support and the goal of building a new generation of independent, self-controlled GPU software ecosystems. The deployment plans for Huawei's accelerators in Inner Mongolia were also mentioned.

Right

8 rated outlets

  • Right-rated reports focused on the potential for DeepSeek and Huawei's tools to replace Nvidia's dominance in the AI chip market. Headlines frequently highlighted the aim to break Nvidia's hold or supplant its technology. These reports mentioned the open-sourcing of the software toolkit for Huawei's Ascend chips and the development of TileLang as a CUDA alternative. The Star Kuala Lumpur, which provided a full report, noted DeepSeek's plan to deploy at least 160,000 Huawei accelerators and mentioned the company is finalising a fundraising round at a valuation close to 500 billion yuan (US$74 billion).

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover DeepSeek Releases Huawei AI Chip Software Toolkit?
Of the 17 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 53% are rated centre, 47% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 40. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is DeepSeek Releases Huawei AI Chip Software Toolkit left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 17 rated outlets on this story, 0% are rated left, 53% are rated centre, 47% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of DeepSeek Releases Huawei AI Chip Software Toolkit biased?
DeepSeek Releases Huawei AI Chip Software Toolkit is one event reported by 40 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting DeepSeek Releases Huawei AI Chip Software Toolkit?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered DeepSeek Releases Huawei AI Chip Software Toolkit?
40 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What is the new software developed by DeepSeek and Huawei?
DeepSeek and Huawei have jointly developed and released an open-source software toolkit for programming Huawei's Ascend AI chips. This toolkit includes a programming language called TileLang, which is positioned as an alternative to Nvidia's CUDA platform.
What is the goal of this collaboration?
The primary goal of the DeepSeek and Huawei collaboration is to reduce China's reliance on foreign technology, particularly Nvidia's hardware and software, in the development of artificial intelligence. They aim to foster a more self-sufficient AI ecosystem within China.
What is TileLang?
TileLang is a high-level, open-source programming language developed by DeepSeek, presented as China's answer to Nvidia's CUDA. It is designed to simplify AI chip programming and enable developers to achieve maximum performance from hardware like Huawei's Ascend accelerators.

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