[DeepSeek Secretly Developing In-House AI Inference Chips] Odaily Planet Daily reports that sources reveal Chinese AI large model company DeepSeek is secretly developing AI inference chips. The project was initiated about a year ago and is primarily focused on model inference rather than training. According to the report, DeepSeek has been actively recruiting chip design engineers in recent months to advance the project. Currently, DeepSeek relies mainly on NVIDIA and Huawei chips for model training and inference. If the in-house inference chips are successfully implemented, they are expected to reduce dependence on external suppliers and improve hardware cost control. However, the project is still in its early stages and faces challenges such as U.S. export controls, which impose restrictions on chip manufacturing and memory acquisition. (Reuters)