His comments come as Huawei assumes an increasingly important role in China’s self-sufficiency drive, as Nvidia is unable to ship to the country its advanced GPUs under strict US export restrictions. Huawei first introduced the Ascend chip series in 2019, four months after the company was added to a US trade blacklist. Since then, its … Read more
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC), mainland China’s biggest contract chip maker, has become the world’s third-largest integrated circuit (IC) foundry by sales for the first time on the back of strong domestic demand, despite rigid sanctions imposed by the United States government. SMIC’s sales are expected to record double-digit growth in the current quarter amid … Read more
BEIJING, CHINA – DECEMBER 04: A logo hangs on the building of the Beijing branch of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) on December 4, 2020 in Beijing, China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images) Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation on Friday warned of intense competition in the chip … Read more
Huawei Technologies’ new Pura 70 smartphones, powered by a chip designed by its in-house fabless semiconductor unit HiSilicon, are set to help the Shenzhen-based tech champion regain the top position in China’s smartphone market at the expense of Apple. The Pura 70’s system-on-a-chip (SOC) – an integrated circuit that combines all the necessary components on … Read more
Huawei Technologies’ new Pura 70 series is posing a further threat to Apple in the world’s biggest smartphone market, as the Chinese tech giant eyes retaking the top spot on its home turf this year, analysts say. The Pura 70 line is expected to generate global shipments of around 10.4 million this year, compared to … Read more
The Ascend 910B is believed to succeed the Ascend 910, which was released by Huawei in August 2019, three months after it was put on a trade blacklist by the US Commerce Department. The chip can compete with Nvidia’s A100 in terms of powering AI algorithms, according to Dylan Patel, chief analyst at San Francisco-based … Read more
