BERLIN, GERMANY – SEPTEMBER 3: People arrive for the Huawei keynote speech on the opening day of the IFA 2020 Special Edition consumer electronics and home appliances trade fair in Berlin, Germany on September 3, 2020. Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the show is still going ahead as scheduled, albeit in a scaled-down format and closed to the public. The special edition of IFA 2020 will take place from September 3rd to 5th. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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Chinese tech giant Huawei will challenge NVIDIA According to the Wall Street Journal, the company has unveiled a new artificial intelligence chip amid U.S. sanctions seeking to curb the Chinese tech giant’s technological advances.
The report quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that Huawei told potential customers that its upcoming processor, the Ascend 910C, is comparable to Nvidia’s H100. Huawei aims to ship as early as October.
In 2022, U.S. regulators imposed restrictions on Nvidia, preventing the company from selling artificial intelligence chips including H100 in China, citing national security concerns.
Potential customers including Chinese internet companies and telecom providers are already testing the Ascend 910C chip, the report said, adding that TikTok parent company ByteDance, Baidu and China Mobile are all in early discussions about buying the chip.
However, the Wall Street Journal said Huawei faces delays in the production of its current chips, adding that the company also faces the prospect of further U.S. restrictions that could affect its ability to obtain components and storage chips for artificial intelligence machines.
It’s the latest sign of Huawei’s ability to counter U.S. efforts to limit its access to advanced technology.
Last year, analysis of Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro smartphone showed that chips produced by China’s top chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation appeared to support 5G, despite U.S. attempts to cut off the Chinese tech giant from the technology.
The resurgence of Huawei’s consumer business, which includes smartphones and laptops, poses a challenge to Apple in China, one of the company’s biggest markets.
According to the report, Apple was squeezed out of the top five smartphone manufacturers in China in the second quarter as competition from domestic brands such as Huawei intensified. Canalys Report.
Huawei has been at the center of U.S. sanctions aimed at protecting U.S. network and supply chain security.
2018, United States Ban its institutions Obtain Huawei equipment or services.
Huawei was subsequently placed on a U.S. trade blacklist in 2019, banning U.S. companies from selling technology, including 5G chips, to the Chinese tech giant. In 2020, the United States tightened chip restrictions on Huawei, requiring foreign manufacturers that use U.S. chip manufacturing equipment to obtain a license to sell semiconductors to Huawei.
The United States in May revoked the licenses of some companies, including Intel and Qualcomm, to sell chips to Huawei, saying the move was to protect national security and foreign policy interests.
China is stepping up efforts to revitalize its domestic chip industry and investing funds 344 billion yuan (US$47.5 billion) Third Chip Fund Aiming to strengthen its technology industry.
Read the full report from The Wall Street Journal here.
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