DeepSeek, Huawei Ship Open-Source Ascend Tools

DeepSeek and Huawei released open-source programming tools for Huawei's Ascend AI chips, including TileLang, a simpler alternative to Nvidia's CUDA. They optimized a supernode of 128 Ascend 950 chips, giving developers a US-sanction-free path to train models on Chinese silicon as Huawei struggles to meet domestic demand and plans to sell fewer chips abroad.