DeepSeek R2 leak points to 1.2T params and Huawei chips
Rumors around DeepSeek's upcoming R2 model just surfaced online, pointing to a massive 1.2T hybrid MoE model with 78B active parameters. The leak claims it achieves 82% hardware utilization on Huawei's Ascend 910B chips while undercutting GPT-4o pricing by over 97%, signaling a potential pivot away from Western AI hardware.