DeepSeek open-sources Huawei chip tools as a simpler alternative to CUDA
DeepSeek has open-sourced a set of programming tools for Huawei’s Ascend AI chips. They include a version of TileLang, a programming language DeepSeek offers as a simpler alternative to Nvidia’s CUDA. The Chinese AI lab announced the release on Wednesday in a post on its WeChat account.
The release includes compute and communication libraries for the Ascend platform, Che Pan and Farah Master reported for Reuters. DeepSeek said Huawei gave full support during development. The two companies also worked together on a “supernode” system built from 128 Ascend 950 chips.
“To build a new generation of independent, self-controlled GPU software ecosystems, the first priority is establishing a high-level language that is universal, easy to program, and still capable of reaching the hardware’s full performance potential,” DeepSeek said, according to Reuters.
Six modules, free to download
DeepSeek released six software modules for Huawei’s chips, Coco Feng reported for the ...
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