product · May 16, 2026
DeepSeek V4 Launch Spurs Surge in Huawei Ascend 950 Chip Orders
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DeepSeek V4 release triggers major Chinese internet firms to secure orders for Huawei Ascend 950 AI chips. Alibaba Cloud's Bailian platform made DeepSeek V4 available on release day with pricing matching official rates. DeepSeek offers developers a 75 percent discount on the new model until May 5 2026 and states V4-Pro pricing could decline significantly in the second half of 2026 once Huawei Ascend 950 supernodes ship at scale. The V4 model runs fully on Huawei chips under continued U.S. export controls restricting Nvidia processors.