Commit 7f3cd947 for whisper.cpp

commit 7f3cd9472d94cec3973d030c5ede4bac5dc87a9b
Author: Li Chuyang <1418587903@qq.com>
Date:   Thu Nov 5 15:51:45 2026 +0800

    docs : use Huawei Ascend in the NPU support section (#4144)

    * readme : use Huawei Ascend in the NPU support section

    * Update README.md

    Co-authored-by: Daniel Bevenius <daniel.bevenius@gmail.com>

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e58c4ba1..2717ce97 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ High-performance inference of [OpenAI's Whisper](https://github.com/openai/whisp
 - [AMD ROCm GPU support](#amd-rocm-gpu-support)
 - [AMD Ryzen AI NPU Support](#amd-ryzen-ai-npu-support)
 - [OpenVINO Support](#openvino-support)
-- [Ascend NPU Support](#ascend-npu-support)
+- [Huawei Ascend NPU Support](#huawei-ascend-npu-support)
 - [Moore Threads GPU Support](#moore-threads-gpu-support)
 - [C-style API](https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/blob/master/include/whisper.h)
 - [Voice Activity Detection (VAD)](#voice-activity-detection-vad)
@@ -484,14 +484,14 @@ cmake -B build -DGGML_BLAS=1
 cmake --build build -j --config Release
 ```

-## Ascend NPU support
+## Huawei Ascend NPU support

-Ascend NPU provides inference acceleration via [`CANN`](https://www.hiascend.com/en/software/cann) and AI cores.
+Huawei Ascend NPU provides inference acceleration via [`CANN`](https://www.hiascend.com/en/software/cann) and AI cores.

-First, check if your Ascend NPU device is supported:
+First, check if your Huawei Ascend NPU device is supported:

 **Verified devices**
-| Ascend NPU                    | Status  |
+| Huawei Ascend NPU             | Status  |
 |:-----------------------------:|:-------:|
 | Atlas 300T A2                 | Support |
 | Atlas 300I Duo                | Support |
@@ -513,8 +513,8 @@ Run the inference examples as usual, for example:

 *Notes:*

-- If you have trouble with Ascend NPU device, please create a issue with **[CANN]** prefix/tag.
-- If you run successfully with your Ascend NPU device, please help update the table `Verified devices`.
+- If you have trouble with Huawei Ascend NPU device, please create a issue with **[CANN]** prefix/tag.
+- If you run successfully with your Huawei Ascend NPU device, please help update the table `Verified devices`.

 ## Moore Threads GPU support