Tech war: China’s chip firms embrace DeepSeek in AI self-sufficiency drive
From Moore Threads to Iluvatar Corex, China’s leading chip designers are rushing to adopt DeepSeek’s latest models
DeepSeek has given China’s artificial intelligence (AI) push a shot in the arm, as the country’s chip developers and cloud service providers rush to support the start-up’s increasingly popular models.
Moore Threads Technology, a graphics processing unit (GPU) design company created by former Nvidia China general manager Zhang Jianzhong, said in a WeChat post on Tuesday that it would “pay tribute to DeepSeek” by “using locally made GPUs to set China’s AI ecosystem on fire”.
The chip firm said DeepSeek’s open-source V3 and R1 models had “greatly promoted” AI development and provided “inspiration” for developers.
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The company wrote, referring to its full-stack solution for AI data centres based on its own chips.
To push forward the development of the domestic AI ecosystem, Moore Threads will open its proprietary KUAE GPU intelligent computing cluster to fully support the distributed deployment of DeepSeek’s V3 and R1 models,
New Delhi [India], February 6 (ANI): The Defence Ministry is set to sign the Rs 10,200 crore contract for ammunition for the Pinaka multi-barrel rocket launcher weapon system on Thursday with Solar Industries, Nagpur and public sector firm Munitions India Limited (MIL).
The Cabinet Committee on Security had last week cleared the Indian Army proposal to buy the ammunition including the Area Denial Munitions, said Defence officials.
The project would be divided between the rocket manufacturer Solar Industries of Nagpur and the former Ordnance Factory Board company Munitions India Limited (MIL), they said.
Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi in his annual press conference on January 13 had stated that the contract for Pinaka weapon systems munitions including the Rs 5,700 crore for high-explosive ammunition and Rs 4,500 crore area denial munitions were expected to be cleared soon by the government.
The DRDO is already in the advanced stages of making a 120 km strike version of the Pinaka rockets and is expected to carry out its first test in the next financial year.
The rockets cleared today by the CCS have a range of around 45 Kms and can be very effective at both the Pakistan and China border.
One of the biggest success stories among the Indigenous weapon systems, the Army is fully backing it as Chief of Army Staff Gen Dwivedi has already made it clear that as soon as longer-range versions of the Pinaka are ready, the force might drop plans for other alternate weapons.
The Pinaka has already been a major success story in the export sector as it has been bought by Armenia while many European countries including France are showing interest in it. (ANI)
With the United States slapping an additional 10 per cent tariff on all Chinese goods this week, Beijing is looking to anchor market confidence as worries intensify over the potential fallout from a ramped-up trade war.
The Chinese government’s return fire featured a slew of retaliatory measures, including 10-15 per cent tariffs on some American goods – a move backed by China’s growing reliance on its domestic market, rapid tech progress embodied by the release of DeepSeek’s artificial intelligence (AI) model, and the nation’s strong manufacturing capability.
Premier Li Qiang said during a plenary meeting of the State Council on Wednesday – the first working day in the Year of the Snake.
We must strengthen confidence, work together and view external changes objectively,
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