“ChinAI #303: Can Chinese AI chips even run DeepSeek?” by Jeffrey Ding

Featured links

• For some Chinese chips, “no end in sight” to support the full-parameter version of DeepSeek
• The women who made America’s microchips and the children who paid for it
• China R&D Funding Report 2024 (in Chinese)
• How Candise Lin Became the Unofficial Ambassador of Chinese Internet Culture
• Why China may struggle to unlock the power of AI

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These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University.

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First published:
March 10th, 2025

Source:
https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-303-can-chinese-ai-chips-even

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