more context from earlier this month

https://www.trendforce.com/news/2026/04/07/news-decoding-deepseek-v4-how-huaweis-ascend-950-pr-is-powering-chinas-push-to-break-cuda-dependence/

163.com, citing Weijin Research, adds that currently, China’s AI training and inference chips—represented by Huawei’s Ascend 950 PR—are broadly considered to sit between NVIDIA’s H100 and H200 in capability, with production capacity remaining the main bottleneck.

According to the report, the 950 PR is still primarily targeted at inference workloads, while the upcoming 950 DT, expected by the end of this year, is designed for training and deep learning scenarios.