<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="true"><li>The launch of DeepSeek's upcoming model, R2, is facing delays due to a shortage of NVIDIA's H20 chips caused by US export restrictions.</li><li>R2, the successor to the widely used R1, is still awaiting a release date as CEO Liang Wenfeng is dissatisfied with its performance and engineers are working on improvements.</li><li>Cloud providers hosting DeepSeek's models anticipate a shortfall in NVIDIA chips to meet the potential demand of R2, especially if it outperforms current open-source alternatives.</li><li>Despite chip shortages, Chinese firms are finding workarounds to access NVIDIA hardware, including sending engineers to Malaysia for training AI models due to export restrictions.</li></ul>

NVIDIA H20 Chip Shortage Delays DeepSeek R2 Launch

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