DeepSeek V4 Announces Abandonment of NVIDIA! How Far Has China's AI "Computing Power Independence" Breakthrough Gone?
DeepSeek announces that its new generation V4 model will fully adopt domestically produced chip solutions, no longer relying on NVIDIA GPUs. From the ZTE incident to three rounds of chip bans, China's AI industry is breaking through simultaneously through algorithm optimization, domestic substitution, and Token export strategies.
(Background recap: Lao Gao discusses DeepSeek: Absolutely no copying of ChatGPT, bypassing NVIDIA's CUDA platform through underlying technology)
(Additional background: FBI and White House investigate! U.S. suspects: DeepSeek obtained NVIDIA chips through a Singaporean white glove)
Eight years ago, ZTE's heart suddenly stopped. On April 16, 2018, a ban issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security caused ZTE Corporation, a global fourth-largest communications device manufacturer with 80,000 employees and annual revenue exceeding 100 billion, to come to a halt overnight. The ban's terms are simple: for the next seven years,