The release of the Huawei Kirin 9000s has taken the West by surprise, and its excellent performance has once again put Huawei in the spotlight of the industry. After a period of hard work, the yield rate and production capacity of Huawei Kirin 9000s are also steadily improving, which means that Huawei has successfully broken through the blockade of the United States. However, as Huawei celebrates this breakthrough, a series of related events have brought Huawei back into the spotlight. Not only has chip technology been stolen, but also facing the latest technological blockade from the United States, Huawei's fight is far from over.
Despite this, the release of Huawei's Kirin 9000s still brings Huawei great confidence and motivation. The emergence of the chip broke the Western technological monopoly and challenged the hegemony of the United States. With the maturity of the Huawei Kirin 9000S and the increase in production capacity, the out-of-stock phenomenon of the Mate60 series has gradually eased, and users will be able to obtain this excellent product more conveniently. Huawei's breakthrough is not only beneficial to itself, but also sets a successful example for China's technology industry.
Recently, the Dutch lithography machine giant ASML announced that it has successfully conquered the 2nm lithography machine technology and plans to produce 10 such lithography machines in the next few months. This news immediately attracted widespread attention. However, it is regrettable that due to the ban in the United States, we will not be able to participate in the use of 2nm lithography machines, which further widens the gap between us and Western semiconductor technology.
Although ASML is a Dutch company, from the perspective of the shareholding structure, there are 4 major shareholders of American capital, which makes it have a strong dependence on the United States in terms of technology development and **. The United States let ASML give priority to Intel's **2nm lithography machine, apparently to suppress TSMC and support Intel to become a leader in the semiconductor foundry industry. The purpose of the CHIPS and Science Act enacted by the United States is essentially to promote the return of high-end advanced manufacturing to the United States, so as to strengthen the United States' control over the semiconductor industry chain. As a result, the United States has introduced tens of billions of dollars in subsidy programs, requiring TSMC and Samsung to build factories in the United States. However, the purpose of the United States is not pure, and they have repeatedly demanded that Samsung and TSMC hand over core secrets, otherwise they will not be able to obtain the subsidies promised before. TSMC directly rejected this request, preferring to throw away the money it had invested in building factories rather than hand over the technology to the United States. TSMC and Samsung understand that once the core technologies are handed over to the United States, then the United States will inevitably hand over these technologies to Intel to help Intel surpass TSMC's advantages in advanced processes. As a result, the U.S. chose to prioritize 2nm lithography machines to Intel as part of their plan to help Intel surpass TSMC.
In 2021, Zhang Kun, a former Huawei executive, founded Zunpai Communications, a company mainly engaged in WiFi-related chip development, and quickly received hundreds of millions of yuan in financing. However, during the investigation, Huawei found that the similarity between Zunpai Communication's chips and HiSilicon's chips of the same type was as high as 90% on 40 process nodesHuawei realized the seriousness of the problem and did not hesitate to call the police.
During the investigation, it was found that Zhang Kun had arranged a channel to steal Huawei's technology patents. He used equity and high salaries as bait to regularly poach engineers from Huawei's relevant departments and ask them to take core secrets with them before leaving Huawei. What's even more creepy is that Zhang Kun was engaged in RF chip research and development at Qualcomm for 5 years before Huawei, while he himself holds American citizenship. And Zunpai Communication has received more than a billion yuan of investment in just over a year, and the forces behind this are obviously not simple.
In this technology war, Huawei is not only facing external technical pressure, but also always vigilant against the hidden dangers brought by "its own people". This shows that Huawei is in a difficult situation, and although it has strong momentum, it is constantly facing external and internal threats.
Despite Huawei's huge breakthrough, the enemy has not given up the fight against Huawei. Whether it is a breakthrough from Western technology or a threat from within, Huawei must always be on high alert and take effective measures to deal with the challenge.
The technology war is a protracted war, and Huawei cannot afford to let up in the slightest. We should use the strength of the whole country to help Huawei continuously improve Huawei's strength in the semiconductor field with the support of technological innovation and independent research and development. At the same time, it is also necessary to strengthen international cooperation and exchanges, and strive for more support and resources.
Huawei's success means a lot to us. It symbolizes the rise of China's technology and demonstrates the strength of Chinese companies on the global stage. We should cheer for Huawei, contribute to scientific and technological progress, and work together to build a scientific and technological powerNo matter how big the setbacks and difficulties are, we must go on with determination and believe that the future will be even better!