OpenAI and Synopsys announce GPT-Synopsys, a frontier model trained as an EDA expert user
OpenAI and Synopsys announced a multi-year deal on September 30 to co-develop GPT-Synopsys, a chip-design model trained with licensed EDA tools.
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DeepSeek open-sources its Ascend stack: every V4-series operator now has a Huawei-chip port
DeepSeek published six Ascend component repos on September 30; it says every V4-series NVIDIA operator now has an Ascend counterpart.
CXMT commits RMB 34.9B to R&D and a second memory test base
Per a Sept 28 filing, CXMT will put RMB 24.1B into a technology R&D project and RMB 10.8B into its Hefei memory test base Phase II, using over-raised funds.
China reportedly poised to approve ByteDance and Alibaba purchases of Nvidia RTX Pro 5500
Per The Information, China’s MIIT asked ByteDance and Alibaba to report RTX Pro 5500 purchase plans and signaled approval; it may skirt US export controls.