BERLIN, GERMANY – SEPTEMBER 3: People arrive for Huawei’s keynote speech at the IFA 2020 Special Edition Consumer Electronics and Home Appliances trade fair.
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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 progress.
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.
U.S. Regulators in 2022 Limitations imposed on Nvidia Citing national security concerns, the company is prevented from selling artificial intelligence chips, including H100, in China.
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.
Analysis of Huawei Mate 60 Pro smartphone last year Revealed that chips produced by China’s top chipmaker SMIC appear to support 5GThis comes despite U.S. sanctions seeking 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.
apple According to the report, as competition from domestic brands such as Huawei intensified, Huawei was squeezed out of the top five smartphone manufacturers in China in the second quarter. 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 at that time Being included in the U.S. trade blacklist In 2019, the bill banned U.S. companies from selling technology, including 5G chips, to the Chinese tech giant. In 2020, the United States tightened chip restrictions on Huawei and required foreign manufacturers to use American chip manufacturing equipment. Get a license Selling semiconductors to Huawei.
U.S. revoked some licenses in MaySeveral companies, including Intel and Qualcomm, sell chips to Huawei, saying the move is 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 aims to strengthen its technology industry.
Read the full report from The Wall Street Journal here.
