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date: "2026-11-03"
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# The Information: Huawei tells clients its flagship Ascend 960DT will run largely on Samsung and SK Hynix HBM

The Information reported on Nov 3, 2026 that Huawei told some clients a large share of its upcoming flagship AI chip, the Ascend 960DT, will use high-bandwidth memory made by Samsung and SK Hynix; the article is framed around smugglers obtaining expensive memory chips from South Korea.

## Key facts
- Ascend 960DT: large share expected to use Korean HBM (Samsung, SK Hynix), per Huawei's comments to clients
- Article headline concerns smuggling of memory chips from South Korea to China

## What happened

Paywalled; written from the Techmeme summary.

## Your AI and this story

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## Sources

1. [The Information: smugglers get expensive memory chips from South Korea to China (Nov 3)](https://www.theinformation.com/articles/smugglers-get-expensive-memory-chips-china-south-korea) (theinformation.com, press)

## Changes

- 2026-11-03 (filed): Created

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