Huawei has created a processor called the Kirin 9000s that uses 7-nanometer processing technology, in defiance of trade restrictions imposed by the US.
In the continuous technical competition between China and the United States, Huawei Technologies recently finished building a $1.4 billion research and development (R&D) center in Shanghai.
Situated in west Shanghai’s Qingpu neighborhood, this new establishment is called the Huawei Lianqiu Lake R&D Center and occupies 1.6 million square meters. It is intended to expand Huawei’s capabilities in important domains like artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and 5G.
Additionally, the center is anticipated to accommodate some 30,000 workers specializing in wireless networks, chip technologies, and the Internet of Things.
Huawei’s reliance on reconditioned chip manufacturing equipment is making it difficult to scale up the production of its Ascend 910B AI chip, underscoring the challenges faced by the semiconductor sector under geopolitical pressure.
Since 2019, the Chinese tech behemoth has been subject to onerous trade restrictions imposed by the United States, which has significantly restricted its access to cutting-edge semiconductor technologies.
May 2024 saw a further tightening of these sanctions with the cancellation of special permits allowing American semiconductor makers like Qualcomm and Intel to supply Huawei. Huawei has made great strides despite these obstacles, most notably in the creation of its Kirin 9000s chip, which uses processing technology based on 7 nanometers.
