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China’s DeepSeek developing its own AI chip, sources say

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The chip is designed for inference — the stage of AI computing in which a trained model generates responses for users — rather than for training new models, sources say

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Investing.com

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· Jul 7, 2026

Exclusive-China’s DeepSeek developing its own AI chip, sources say

Exclusive-China’s DeepSeek developing its own AI chip, sources say

The Next Web

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· Jul 7, 2026

DeepSeek is reportedly designing its own AI chip to sidestep US curbs

DeepSeek is designing its own artificial-intelligence chip, according to a Reuters report published on Monday that cited people familiar with the matter. The move, if it holds up, would push China’s most closely watched AI lab from writing software that runs on other companies’ silicon to specifying the silicon itself. The Hangzhou startup has spent the [] This story continues at The Next Web

Korea Times News

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· Jul 7, 2026

China's DeepSeek developing its own AI chip, sources say

China's DeepSeek developing its own AI chip, sources say

The Japan Times

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· Jul 8, 2026

China’s DeepSeek developing its own AI chip, sources say

If successful, DeepSeek's expansion into semiconductor development would mark a major strategic shift for a company widely hailed in China as the country's AI ‌champion.

The Hindu BusinessLine

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· Jul 7, 2026

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek developing own AI chip, report says

Nvidia Corp. shares fell 2.2 in early trading on Tuesday

Independent Journal Review

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· Jun 23, 2026

Can Uncle Sam Finally Take The AI Chip Crown?

Taiwan has the goose that lays the silicon eggs, but now America is learning to breed our own. The fastest AI chip on earth was designed in California, funded by American investors and celebrated in Washington as a

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