diff --git a/gpustack_runtime/detector/ascend.py b/gpustack_runtime/detector/ascend.py
index 8981416..68b84c2 100644
--- a/gpustack_runtime/detector/ascend.py
+++ b/gpustack_runtime/detector/ascend.py
@@ -737,11 +737,10 @@ def _get_device_die_v2(dev_id, dev_bdf: str) -> str:
     """
     Get the device's SoC die through the V2 API, falling back to its address.
 
-    The A5 driver reports neither die type -- both answer NOT_SUPPORT -- and a
-    die is not what the uuid is needed for: it only has to tell one device from
-    another, which is what the usage pass merges on and what the inventory is
-    keyed by. The PCI address does that on a machine whose cards have not
-    moved, where dropping the device would leave the NPU unusable outright.
+    The A5 chip's uuid is the DDie, asked for after the VDie as the vendor's
+    readers do. A device answering neither is identified by its PCI address:
+    the uuid only has to tell one device from another on this machine, and
+    dropping the device would leave the NPU unusable outright.
 
     Args:
         dev_id:
@@ -753,7 +752,7 @@ def _get_device_die_v2(dev_id, dev_bdf: str) -> str:
         The die as a string, or the PCI address.
 
     """
-    for dev_die_type in (pydcmi.DCMI_DIE_TYPE_VDIE, pydcmi.DCMI_DIE_TYPE_NDIE):
+    for dev_die_type in (pydcmi.DCMI_DIE_TYPE_VDIE, pydcmi.DCMI_DIE_TYPE_DDIE):
         with contextlib.suppress(pydcmi.DCMIError):
             return pydcmi.dcmiv2_get_device_die_id(dev_id, dev_die_type)
 
@@ -1113,10 +1112,10 @@ def _get_toolkit_version() -> str | None:
     "Ascend910_9382": 253,
     "Ascend910_9372": 254,
     "Ascend910_9362": 255,
+    "Ascend910_9363": 256,
     "Ascend910_9579": 260,
     "Ascend910_95": 260,
     "Ascend950": 260,
-    "Ascend950PR": 260,
 }
 
 
@@ -1154,9 +1153,8 @@ def _guess_soc_name_from_dev_name(dev_name: str) -> str | None:
 
     # https://gitcode.com/Ascend/mind-cluster/blob/master/component/ascend-common/devmanager/common/utils.go#L159-L176
     #
-    # The A5 prefix is matched first: a name the mapping does not carry yet,
-    # like a later 950 variant, still belongs to the generation, and none of
-    # the regexes below would claim it.
+    # The 950 suffixes are an open set -- 950PR, 950DT, plus a die suffix on a
+    # CANN SOC_VERSION -- so all collapse onto one SoC, as the vendor readers do.
     if soc_name.startswith(_950_PREFIX):
         return "Ascend950"
     if _310P_REGEX.match(dev_name):
@@ -1187,10 +1185,15 @@ def get_ascend_soc_version(name: str | None) -> int:
         return -1
 
     version = _soc_name_version_mapping.get(name)
-    if version is None:
-        return -1
+    if version is not None:
+        return version
+
+    # The server calls this on names that never passed through the guess above
+    # -- a stored device, a config file -- so the prefix has to hold here too.
+    if name.startswith(_950_PREFIX):
+        return _soc_name_version_mapping[_950_PREFIX]
 
-    return version
+    return -1
 
 
 def get_ascend_cann_variant(name: str | None) -> str | None:
diff --git a/gpustack_runtime/detector/pydcmi/__init__.py b/gpustack_runtime/detector/pydcmi/__init__.py
index 4ce0cd4..c9d0b29 100644
--- a/gpustack_runtime/detector/pydcmi/__init__.py
+++ b/gpustack_runtime/detector/pydcmi/__init__.py
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@
 ## Enums ##
 DCMI_DIE_TYPE_NDIE = 0
 DCMI_DIE_TYPE_VDIE = 1
+DCMI_DIE_TYPE_DDIE = 2
 
 ## Enums ##
 DCMI_TOPO_TYPE_SELF = 0
diff --git a/tests/gpustack_runtime/detector/test_ascend.py b/tests/gpustack_runtime/detector/test_ascend.py
index 6c335b3..8847140 100644
--- a/tests/gpustack_runtime/detector/test_ascend.py
+++ b/tests/gpustack_runtime/detector/test_ascend.py
@@ -750,13 +750,12 @@ def _fake_device_node(path, **_kwargs):
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "dev_name, soc_name, variant",
     [
-        # An A5 chip keeps the "Ascend" prefix that the earlier generations
-        # drop, and is reported either way round.
-        ("Ascend950PR", "Ascend950PR", "950"),
-        ("950PR", "Ascend950PR", "950"),
-        # A 950 variant the mapping does not carry yet still belongs to the
-        # generation rather than falling through to nothing.
+        # An A5 chip keeps the "Ascend" prefix the earlier generations drop, and
+        # is reported either way round. Both models on sale collapse onto one.
+        ("Ascend950PR", "Ascend950", "950"),
+        ("950PR", "Ascend950", "950"),
         ("Ascend950DT", "Ascend950", "950"),
+        ("Ascend950", "Ascend950", "950"),
         # The generations that already worked, both where the mapping answers
         # directly and where the regexes have to: the A5 prefix must claim
         # neither.
@@ -773,6 +772,22 @@ def test_guess_soc_name_carries_the_generation(dev_name, soc_name, variant):
     assert ascend.get_ascend_cann_variant(soc_name) == variant
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "soc_name",
+    [
+        # Stored by an earlier runtime, or hand-written in a config.
+        "Ascend950PR",
+        "Ascend950DT",
+        # A CANN SOC_VERSION: the die suffix is what opens the name space.
+        "Ascend950PR_9579",
+    ],
+)
+def test_cann_variant_resolves_a_950_name_the_mapping_does_not_carry(soc_name):
+    # The server calls this on names that never passed through the detector.
+    # Falling through would be served with an earlier generation's image.
+    assert ascend.get_ascend_cann_variant(soc_name) == "950"
+
+
 def test_guess_soc_name_still_yields_nothing_for_an_unknown_chip():
     assert ascend._guess_soc_name_from_dev_name("NotAnAscendChip") is None  # noqa: SLF001
     assert ascend.get_ascend_cann_variant(None) is None
@@ -828,7 +843,7 @@ def test_cdi_holds_the_ub_mounts_back_from_an_earlier_generation(monkeypatch):
 
 
 def test_cdi_mounts_the_ub_libraries_for_the_a5_generation(monkeypatch):
-    patterns = _collect_ub_mount_patterns(monkeypatch, arch_family="Ascend950PR")
+    patterns = _collect_ub_mount_patterns(monkeypatch, arch_family="Ascend950")
 
     assert any("liburma" in p for p in patterns)
     assert any("libummu" in p for p in patterns)
@@ -1014,8 +1029,8 @@ class _UnitV2:
     temperature: int = 51
     power_deciwatts: int = 2012
     ecc_errors: int = 0
-    # Which die types the driver answers for; the rest raise. A real 950PR
-    # answers neither, which the die-fallback tests set explicitly.
+    # Which die types the driver answers for; the rest raise. What a 950 really
+    # answers is what the die-fallback tests set explicitly.
     die_types: tuple[int, ...] = (pydcmi.DCMI_DIE_TYPE_VDIE,)
 
     @property
@@ -1045,6 +1060,7 @@ class _FakeDCMIV2:
     DCMI_UNIT_TYPE_MCU = pydcmi.DCMI_UNIT_TYPE_MCU
     DCMI_DIE_TYPE_VDIE = pydcmi.DCMI_DIE_TYPE_VDIE
     DCMI_DIE_TYPE_NDIE = pydcmi.DCMI_DIE_TYPE_NDIE
+    DCMI_DIE_TYPE_DDIE = pydcmi.DCMI_DIE_TYPE_DDIE
     DCMI_DEVICE_TYPE_HBM = pydcmi.DCMI_DEVICE_TYPE_HBM
     DCMI_DEVICE_TYPE_DDR = pydcmi.DCMI_DEVICE_TYPE_DDR
     DCMI_INPUT_TYPE_AICORE = pydcmi.DCMI_INPUT_TYPE_AICORE
@@ -1204,7 +1220,7 @@ def test_detect_info_v2_enumerates_devices_flat(fake_pydcmi_v2):
     assert "card_id" not in devices[0].appendix
     assert "device_id" not in devices[0].appendix
     # The whole point: an A5 chip resolves to its generation.
-    assert devices[0].appendix["arch_family"] == "Ascend950PR"
+    assert devices[0].appendix["arch_family"] == "Ascend950"
     assert ascend.get_ascend_cann_variant(devices[0].appendix["arch_family"]) == "950"
 
 
@@ -1392,8 +1408,10 @@ def test_get_topology_v2_resolves_the_api_version_when_handed_devices(fake_pydcm
     assert "dcmi_get_topo_info_by_device_id" not in fake.calls
 
 
-def test_detect_info_v2_falls_back_to_the_ndie(fake_pydcmi_v2):
-    fake_pydcmi_v2([_UnitV2(dev_id=0, die_types=(pydcmi.DCMI_DIE_TYPE_NDIE,))])
+def test_detect_info_v2_falls_back_to_the_ddie(fake_pydcmi_v2):
+    # The die type the vendor names as the A5 chip's uuid, and the one a 950
+    # answers: the VDie is asked for first and refused.
+    fake_pydcmi_v2([_UnitV2(dev_id=0, die_types=(pydcmi.DCMI_DIE_TYPE_DDIE,))])
 
     devices = AscendDetector().detect_info()
 
@@ -1401,8 +1419,8 @@ def test_detect_info_v2_falls_back_to_the_ndie(fake_pydcmi_v2):
 
 
 def test_detect_info_v2_identifies_a_dieless_device_by_its_address(fake_pydcmi_v2):
-    # What the 950PR driver does: both die types answer NOT_SUPPORT. Dropping
-    # the device over it would leave eight usable NPUs invisible.
+    # A driver answering no die type at all. Dropping the device over it would
+    # leave eight usable NPUs invisible.
     fake_pydcmi_v2([_UnitV2(dev_id=0, die_types=())])
 
     devices = AscendDetector().detect_info()
@@ -1435,7 +1453,7 @@ def test_detect_reproduces_the_950pr_host(fake_pydcmi_v2):
 
     assert len(devices) == 8
     assert {d.name for d in devices} == {"Ascend950PR"}
-    assert {d.appendix["arch_family"] for d in devices} == {"Ascend950PR"}
+    assert {d.appendix["arch_family"] for d in devices} == {"Ascend950"}
     assert {
         ascend.get_ascend_cann_variant(d.appendix["arch_family"]) for d in devices
     } == {"950"}