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Reuters
13 hours ago
- Business
- Reuters
DeepSeek R2 launch stalled as CEO balks at progress, The Information reports
June 26 (Reuters) - Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has not yet determined the timing of the release of its R2 model as CEO Liang Wenfeng is not satisfied with its performance, The Information reported on Thursday, citing two people with knowledge of the situation. R2, a successor to DeepSeek's wildly popular R1 reasoning model, was planned for release in May with goals to produce better coding and reason in languages beyond English, Reuters reported earlier this year. Over the past several months, DeepSeek's engineers have been working to refine R2 until Liang gives the green light for release, according to The Information, opens new tab. However, a fast adoption of R2 could be difficult due to a shortage of Nvidia server chips in China as a result of U.S. export regulations, the report said, citing employees of top Chinese cloud firms that offer DeepSeek's models to enterprise customers. A potential surge in demand for R2 would overwhelm Chinese cloud providers, who need advanced Nvidia chips to run AI models, the report said. DeepSeek did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. DeepSeek has been in touch with some Chinese cloud companies, providing them with technical specifications to guide their plans for hosting and distributing the model from their servers, the report said. Among its cloud customers currently using R1, the majority are running the model with Nvidia's H20 chips, The Information said. Fresh export curbs imposed by the Trump administration in April have prevented Nvidia from selling in the Chinese market its H20 chips - the only AI processors it could legally export to the country at the time.
Yahoo
13 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
DeepSeek R2 launch stalled as CEO balks at progress, The Information reports
(Reuters) -Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has not yet determined the timing of the release of its R2 model as CEO Liang Wenfeng is not satisfied with its performance, The Information reported on Thursday, citing two people with knowledge of the situation. R2, a successor to DeepSeek's wildly popular R1 reasoning model, was planned for release in May with goals to produce better coding and reason in languages beyond English, Reuters reported earlier this year. Over the past several months, DeepSeek's engineers have been working to refine R2 until Liang gives the green light for release, according to The Information. However, a fast adoption of R2 could be difficult due to a shortage of Nvidia server chips in China as a result of U.S. export regulations, the report said, citing employees of top Chinese cloud firms that offer DeepSeek's models to enterprise customers. A potential surge in demand for R2 would overwhelm Chinese cloud providers, who need advanced Nvidia chips to run AI models, the report said. DeepSeek did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. DeepSeek has been in touch with some Chinese cloud companies, providing them with technical specifications to guide their plans for hosting and distributing the model from their servers, the report said. Among its cloud customers currently using R1, the majority are running the model with Nvidia's H20 chips, The Information said. Fresh export curbs imposed by the Trump administration in April have prevented Nvidia from selling in the Chinese market its H20 chips - the only AI processors it could legally export to the country at the time.
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Nvidia readies cut-down HGX H20 GPU for China to comply with export control rules
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Nvidia plans to introduce a cut-down version of its HGX H20 AI processor in China by July, aiming to retain access to the market after U.S. officials effectively barred the original version through updated export regulations, Reuters reports. According to preliminary information, the revised AI GPU will feature less onboard HBM memory to comply with newly imposed technical limits and replace the previously approved model. Among the changes of the new AI GPU is reduced memory capacity, which will affect the ability of the processor to train large language models with tens and hundreds of billions of parameters, one Reuters source noted. In addition, the final performance characteristics may be adjustable depending on how end customers configure the HGX GPU modules, potentially enabling minor flexibility despite the overall downgrade. In April, U.S. authorities restricted sales of AMD's Instinct MI308, Nvidia's HGX 20, and some other AI processors to China (including Hong Kong and Macau) due to unpublished export regulations. As a result, AMD and Nvidia had to write down inventory worth billions of dollars ($5.5 billion for Nvidia, $800 million for AMD) as export licenses for goods bound for China are reviewed with a presumption of denial. However, to sustain access to the critical market, Nvidia is now incorporating a set of downgrades to ensure it stays within the permissible thresholds set by the U.S. government. Nvidia has already communicated these plans to major customers in China's cloud computing sector. If the information about the downgraded HGX H20 processor is correct, it will be Nvidia's third Hopper-based GPU designed specifically for China that relies on cut-down H100 silicon. It is noteworthy that there is no word on Blackwell-based AI products for China. After the U.S. government imposed its first set of restrictions on AI and HPC GPUs exported to China in 2022, Nvidia built its H800 processor with reduced networking capabilities. The H800 only represented a minor performance downgrade compared to the original H100. After the U.S. administration imposed new export rules that restricted the performance of processors shipped to China, Nvidia developed its HGX H20 based on the H100 for AI training as well as L20 PCIe and L2 PCIe cards based on the AD104 GPUs for AI inference. Follow Tom's Hardware on Google News to get our up-to-date news, analysis, and reviews in your feeds. Make sure to click the Follow button. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Bloomberg
13-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Trump to Rewrite AI Chip Curbs Reviled by Nvidia and US Allies
The Trump administration plans to overhaul regulations on the export of semiconductors used in artificial intelligence, tossing out a Biden-era approach that had drawn strenuous objections from US allies and companies including Nvidia Corp. and Oracle Corp. Under the move announced Tuesday by the Commerce Department, the US is rescinding the so-called AI diffusion rule launched by President Joe Biden that created three broad tiers of access for countries seeking AI chips and would have taken effect May 15. Instead, the Trump administration is drafting its own approach and could shift toward negotiating individual deals with countries, according to people familiar with the matter.
