Huawei's Ascend 950 & DaVinci v3: How China Built a Competitive AI Chip Without EUV
DeepSeek just ordered 160,000 Huawei Ascend 950DT chips: a chip built on a DUV-only process, with self-developed HBM and a homegrown interconnect, because export controls left no other choice. Here’s how the thing actually works, and where it still falls short.