DeepSeek partners Huawei to develop Ascend chip tools

Chinese AI firm DeepSeek has partnered with Huawei to develop programming tools for Huawei's Ascend chips. DeepSeek is open-sourcing infrastructure including TileLang, a high-level language designed as a simpler alternative to NVIDIA's CUDA. The move is part of China's broader push to reduce dependence on NVIDIA's ecosystem.