DeepSeek open-sources file system, claims it runs AI models faster and more efficiently

What just happened? In response to Western organizations calling it "shady and untrustworthy," DeepSeek launched "Open Source Week." During last week's event, the company released several repositories to the open-source community, including a highly efficient file system. Many AI specialists reviewing the code have come away impressed. Last week, DeepSeek released five of its most advanced software repositories during its "Open Source Week" event. The Chinese AI firm unveiled a Linux-based file system it uses internally for AI training and inference workloads. The Fire-Flyer File System (3FS) boasts some impressive performance benchmarks. Western AI companies have taken note and are exploring the repos. The company designed 3FS to accelerate AI tasks. The technology leverages the features of modern solid-state storage units and RDMA networks, providing a shared storage layer to simplify the deployment of distributed applications. Tom's Harware notes that DeepSeek's 3FS code works wit ... Read full article.