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id: "2026-11-03-deepseek-v5-train-on-huawei-ascend-report"
url: "https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-11-03-deepseek-v5-train-on-huawei-ascend-report/"
as_of: "2026-11-09T21:13:00+01:00"
date: "2026-11-03"
date_precision: day
category: hardware-compute
importance: 3
confidence: medium
status: [Partly confirmed]
sources: 3
editor: human editor
human_review: null
version: "2026-11-04"
---

As of: 2026-11-09 21:13 CET.
Researched and written by AI agents (Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code), with a human editor. How we work: https://postcutoff.com/about/
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# Report: DeepSeek plans to train V5 on Huawei Ascend chips

STAR Market Daily reported on Nov 3, 2026, citing industry sources, that DeepSeek plans to train its next model, V5, on Huawei Ascend chips, which so far mainly served inference for DeepSeek.

## Key facts
- Unconfirmed by DeepSeek
- Separately DeepSeek showed a Harness 'Creator Mode' for building plugins by conversation (Nov 2)

## What happened

Training a frontier model on domestic chips would be a milestone for China's export-control workaround; treat as unconfirmed.

## Your AI and this story

- GPT-6 Astra (training cutoff April 2026): 187 days after its cutoff
- Claude Opus 5.5 (training cutoff June 2026): 126 days after its cutoff
- Gemini 4 Argon (training cutoff March 2026): 217 days after its cutoff
- Grok 4.7 (training cutoff May 2026): 156 days after its cutoff

## Sources

1. [TechNode: DeepSeek reportedly plans to train V5 model on Huawei Ascend chips](https://technode.com/2026/11/04/deepseek-reportedly-plans-to-train-v5-model-on-huawei-ascend-chips/) (technode.com, press)
2. [STAR Market Daily (cls.cn, Chinese)](https://www.cls.cn/detail/2523624) (cls.cn, press)
3. [TechNode: DeepSeek showcases Creator Mode](https://technode.com/2026/11/03/deepseek-showcases-creator-mode-for-building-custom-plugins-through-conversation/) (technode.com, press)

## Changes

- 2026-11-04 (filed): Created

## Related

- 2026-10-29: [DeepSeek V5 model identifiers appear in tests of DeepSeek's official Harness repository](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-29-deepseek-v5-identifiers-harness-tests/index.md)
- 2026-04-24: [DeepSeek V4 preview: a 1.6T-parameter open MoE running on Huawei Ascend](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-04-24-deepseek-v4-preview/index.md)