Huawei Ascend chips show efficiency gains with DeepSeek V4, but questions remain

By PulseAugur Editorial · [2 sources] · 2026-07-23 21:14

Huawei has released benchmarks for its Ascend chips demonstrating efficiency gains in the post-training phase of the DeepSeek V4 model. These benchmarks indicate that the Huawei 910C chips achieve approximately 60% of the inference speed of NVIDIA H100 chips. However, experts have raised concerns that the report only covers the final training stage, leaving questions about the initial training process and the hardware used. AI

IMPACT Highlights potential advancements in AI training hardware efficiency, though questions about full-cycle performance remain.

RANK_REASON The cluster discusses benchmarks and efficiency claims for a specific AI model (DeepSeek V4) on particular hardware (Huawei Ascend chips), which falls under research and development in AI infrastructure.

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Huawei Ascend chips show efficiency gains with DeepSeek V4, but questions remain

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Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-07-23 21:14

Huawei released efficiency benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 post-training on Ascend chips this week. But experts note the report covers only the final training stage,

Huawei released efficiency benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 post-training on Ascend chips this week. But experts note the report covers only the final training stage, leaving open whether Nvidia hardware handled the initial model training. # AI # China # semiconductors https://www. imp…

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Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · schuler · 2026-07-24 03:14

DeepSeek's Ascend post-training showed 2.93-fold efficiency gains over baseline methods. The Huawei 910C chips deliver roughly 60% of an H100's inference speed,

DeepSeek's Ascend post-training showed 2.93-fold efficiency gains over baseline methods. The Huawei 910C chips deliver roughly 60% of an H100's inference speed, suggesting a targeted use case rather than full replacement. # AI # chips # inference https://www. implicator.ai/deepse…

LINKS implicator.ai/deepseeks-huawei-chip-train…

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Huawei released efficiency benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 post-training on Ascend chips this week. But experts note the report covers only the final training stage,

DeepSeek's Ascend post-training showed 2.93-fold efficiency gains over baseline methods. The Huawei 910C chips deliver roughly 60% of an H100's inference speed,

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