Foreign media said that Huawei is equivalent to chips out of the circle, and the global industrial pattern has been reshaped
Huawei can be said to be one of the top technology companies in China and even in the world, and they have very advanced technical levels in the fields of chip design, operating system, communication technology, etc., and the Kirin chip developed and designed by Huawei HiSilicon has even become the world's three best SoC chip series with Qualcomm's Snapdragon chip and Apple's A-series chip.
At the same time, Huawei is also the first company in the world to open up 5G**, and also has the world's largest number of 5G core patents, and the world's largest market share of 5G equipment. Therefore, it is not difficult to see that Huawei has overtaken Qualcomm in communication technology and has become one of the leading companies in the field of communications.
Huawei's rapid development in the fields of communication technology and chip design has not only broken down the technical barriers established by the United States, but also caused concern in the United States. Therefore, in order to solve Huawei's problems, the United States has launched a series of suppression and sanctions against Huawei. Not only does it include Huawei on the U.S. Entity List, but it also cuts off U.S. companies' access to Huawei's EDA software, chip instruction set architecture, electronic components and chip foundry, operating system services, etc.
It can be said that the United States' suppression and sanctions on Huawei have used all the means available to the United States, and once Huawei was included in the entity list by the United States, it began to suppress sanctions, Huawei began to enter the semiconductor field, and also fully invested in the domestic chip industry chain through Hubble.
Ren Zhengfei has repeatedly stated that he will support HiSilicon to make major breakthroughs in scale, and will spend 10% to 20% of its annual revenue on technology research and development, in order to achieve breakthroughs in the field of chips and systems as soon as possible.
In the face of China's lack of soul and nuclear power, Ren Zhengfei led Huawei to overcome one difficulty after another. Huawei HiSilicon has deep roots in the field of chip design, and the Kirin 9000 chip designed by Huawei HiSilicon is the world's first 5nm 5G chip, which can be said to have achieved a world-leading position.
In the three years since Huawei was sanctioned, mobile phone shipments have plummeted, and revenue has also been directly received, from nearly one trillion yuan at its peak to only about 460 billion yuan. However, even though it is an honor to sell sub-brand mobile phones, Huawei has not given up its investment in self-research and development of technology.
It is reported that in the past three years, Huawei has invested more than 440 billion yuan in technology research and development, and in the first half of 2023, Huawei has invested more than 76 billion yuan in technology self-development, exceeding Huawei's total profit in the first half of 2023. In addition, Huawei has also increased Hubble's registered capital to 3 billion yuan.
Huawei's vigorous investment has naturally met very good results, after Huawei Xu Zhijun announced: Huawei and domestic manufacturers have experienced the localization of 14nm and above process EDA tools, and will achieve full verification this year. In addition, Huawei's Ren Zhengfei has also publicly stated that Huawei has successfully realized the localization of more than 13,000 electronic components and more than 4,000 circuit boards, and the proportion of Huawei's 5G equipment components in the United States has dropped to less than 1%, and even Huawei has successfully achieved not using American components.
There is no doubt that with Huawei's continuous efforts, Huawei has opened up the domestic best chain, and its dependence on American products has been continuously reduced, and Huawei is solving the localization problem in the fields of chips, components, and circuit boards. Huawei is solving the problem of localization in the fields of chips, components, and circuit boards. It has not only achieved technological breakthroughs, but also continuously expanded production capacity to meet the needs of Huawei and other domestic manufacturers.
Some time ago, Huawei Mate60Pro was suddenly listed without a press conference and without any warm-up, although Huawei is very low-key, but it has still attracted widespread attention and heated discussions around the world, the most fundamental reason is that Huawei Mate60Pro has been shipped on a large scale, but there has been no news that Qualcomm has shipped chips to Huawei, and there is no news that TSMC, Samsung and other companies are making chips for Huawei. Some are just news of chip foundry.
It can be said that with the sale of Huawei Mate60Pro, Huawei has once again attracted attention at home and abroad, and some foreign media even said: Huawei is equivalent to being out of the circle in chips. The United States also conducted a teardown test on Huawei Mate60Pro for the first time, and the results were: The Kirin 9000S chip used in Huawei Mate60Pro is a self-produced advanced chip.
Although Huawei and domestic chip manufacturers have not yet made a statement on the Kirin 9000s chip, it is certain that this advanced chip undoubtedly comes from the domestic manufacturer responsible for OEM production. This fact has attracted widespread attention from industry experts and **: how exactly is this chip produced?
According to Bloomberg, Huawei's Kirin 9000 chip uses hyper-threading technology, which is close to or even comparable to 7nm chips in performance. Domestic expert Lu Yanjie said that Huawei Mate60Pro has more than 10,000 localized components, which is currently the most localized smartphone. According to Huawei's public statement, Mate60Pro does not contain American technology at all in terms of components, and the localization rate has reached about 90%.
Judging from the current position of the leading manufacturer in the semiconductor industry, the emergence of Huawei Mate60Pro has caused many changes. First of all, ASML announced that it had obtained a shipping license to continue to ship DUV lithography machines, and the United States also said that it would continue to ship chip products in China. The reason why the United States and ASML suddenly changed their degrees is because China has achieved the localization of advanced wafers, and the US embargo has lost its meaning. In this regard, some Germany** said: The effectiveness of the US embargo sanctions is too low.
Huawei's actions with its own and domestic manufacturers have proved that American and Western companies cannot be delusional, and at the same time, it has also proved the importance of self-research and development, as long as they master the basic technology, they will not worry about being caught.