April 3 (Reuters) - China's DeepSeek's new model called

V4 will run on the latest chips designed by Huawei Technologies,

U.S. digital news outlet The Information reported on Friday.

In preparation for V4's launch, Chinese tech giants,

including Alibaba Group ( BABA ), ByteDance and Tencent

Holdings ( TCTZF ), have placed bulk orders for Huawei's

upcoming chip totaling hundreds of thousands of units, it said.

The Information cited five people with direct knowledge of

the purchase.

Huawei Technologies and DeepSeek did not immediately respond

to a Reuters request for comment sent outside normal office

hours.