Hardware on Hanh Pham's Bloghttps://hanhpp.github.io/tags/hardware/Recent content in Hardware on Hanh Pham's BlogHugoen-usMon, 07 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0700Huawei's Ascend 950 & DaVinci v3: How China Built a Competitive AI Chip Without EUVhttps://hanhpp.github.io/posts/huawei-ascend-950-davinci-v3/Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0700https://hanhpp.github.io/posts/huawei-ascend-950-davinci-v3/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.