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Technology · 8 July 2026

DeepSeek shook Nvidia once. It isn't done yet

DeepSeek shook Nvidia once. It isn't done yet

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China's AI champion wants control of its own silicon, cutting reliance on Nvidia and even homegrown supplier Huawei. Reuters reported on Monday that DeepSeek has spent about a year designing a chip for inference, the stage where a trained model answers users. The effort is early, with the firm quietly hiring chip engineers and courting manufacturers, and Nvidia shares slipped on the news.

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