The phones from the Chinese giant Huawei seem to be a concern for those who have fought the company’s progress in this sector, especially US officials.
Chinese company Huawei’s phone manufacturing sector, which has been largely exhausted and in decline since 2019 under US restrictions, is now on the right track to strongly return to the limelight, but this time with a big difference, it’s a self-sufficient company. , an operation that relies entirely on Chinese technology based on its ability to build powerful phones with hardware and systems that limit the possibility of any outside party influencing the company’s phone production process.
Huawei’s progress towards its expected strong entry into the world of phones was demonstrated by its new phone, the Mate 60 Pro, which was announced in China a few days ago. Semiconductor industry by China company “CMIC”, which is considered a major breakthrough for China in the chip industry, and a major blow to US sanctions.
That prompted the US government to seek more information about a new Chinese Huawei phone, the Mate 60 Pro, which is powered by a more advanced chip.
In this regard, US National Security Adviser Jack Sullivan said during a press conference at the White House on Tuesday that the US needs “more information about the chip and its specific structure” to know whether the parties have passed US restrictions on the semiconductor. export to produce like
Dramatic decline and expected returns
In 2019, the phone manufacturing division of the Chinese company Huawei was very good, and the company ranked second in the list of the best-selling companies in the world, after Samsung.
According to Canalys Research, Samsung managed to sell 298 million smartphones in 2019, while Huawei sold 240 million smartphones, and Apple ranked third with 198 million smartphones sold.
Huawei’s goals at the start of 2019 focused on how to take back the title of the world’s largest smartphone vendor from Samsung in 2020, but what happened in mid-2019 changed the company’s priorities, and it was looking for how to withstand a barrage. US sanctions and restrictions.
On May 15, 2019, former US President Donald Trump issued an executive order on the “Security of Information, Communications Technology and Service Supply Chains” that barred US companies from dealing with Huawei and other Chinese companies, leading to the new Huawei. Phones lose the ability to use the Google App Store, an indispensable pillar in the world of phones.
Huawei suffered from its inability to acquire advanced American processors that support fifth-generation technology, nor could it turn to any company using American technology in the field. The era of current US President Joe Biden.
All the measures taken by the US against Huawei led to the company leaving the list of the world’s 5 largest smartphone vendors in 2021 and 2022, and in the first half of 2023, selling limited volumes of its phone models. Old chips are stored in it.
At a time when Huawei’s phone manufacturing industry has faced tough times, the Chinese company has been implementing a strategy to ensure self-sufficiency in various aspects of the phone industry as it introduced its “Harmony OS” system to run phones. As an alternative to the Android system, it implemented its own application store “App Gallery” as an alternative to the Google Play Store, encouraging thousands of companies around the world to offer their applications in the store, while the biggest weakness is related to Huawei’s inability to adapt to American processor technology.
The new Huawei phone has an advanced Kirin 9000s chip that supports fifth-generation technology and is designed by Huawei’s HiSilicon chipset division, which is considered a challenger chip for US sanctions.
According to TechInsights, the Kirin 9000s that stripped the phone is manufactured according to the 7 nm technology, and it is manufactured using the advanced and very expensive technology of the Chinese company Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp or SMIC, which is a big achievement and a breakthrough for the Chinese semiconductor industry. It’s seen as a disruptive step on the world stage, with China’s Kirin 9000 chip telling the world: “Look at what we can do, we don’t need you.”
Huawei reverses China’s years of backlash
The U.S. administration has tried to end Beijing’s access to chips manufactured with 14-nanometer and smaller technology through restrictions previously imposed on China. Now, with the Kirin 9000s chip, China has demonstrated that it is capable of producing chips with 7 nanometer precision, putting its lag five years behind the most advanced technology, meaning the country has accelerated. The route needs to address its lag in this sector and make the necessary progress in the coming years.
An industry closely associated with America
Amin Al-Tajer, CEO of InfiniteWare for artificial intelligence software, told the “Iqtisad Sky News Arabia” website that manufacturing chips and electronic processors is a very important issue. The technological development that the world sees is closely related to the United States. The American company, through its many companies, controls the world of processors that design and manufacture, and when we talk about the Kirin 9000s processor, we are faced with it. A Chinese industry in this field.
The merchant reveals that the Kirin 9000s processor, which comes with 7 nanometer resolution, is designed by Huawei and manufactured by SMIC, which has been included in US sanctions considering 7 nanometer technology to be the best technology, but it is not considered the best in the world of chip manufacturing, rather it lags behind other companies. , will achieve an accuracy of 4 nanometers or less, but the irony is that Huawei and SMIC have been able to make great progress, which will lead to major advances in this field later.
According to the businessman, the arrival of China will be difficult to produce chips with a precision of 4 nanometers, especially since the Dutch company ASML, which specializes in developing and manufacturing optical imaging systems for the semiconductor industry, with a precision of 4 nanometers, because Chinese companies cannot obtain this key, due to the restrictions imposed by the Dutch authorities on China, this situation Nevertheless, Chinese companies will surely achieve the ability to produce precision processors at some point. 4 nanometers, with the help of open source technologies, is in the world of chip manufacturing, which allowed us to design and manufacture the Kirin 9000s chip for Huawei.
The trader believes that the issue of sanctions is bad not only for China, but for everyone in the chip industry, and it hinders business plans, describing Hawaii as a strong horse that will not face any obstacles in the face of American companies.
Huawei managed to break the blockade
For his part, digital transformation expert Rudy Shoshani in an interview with the “Iqtizad Sky News Arabia” website, surprised everyone with the Chinese Huawei Kirin 9000s processor, which it collaborated to produce with the Chinese company SMIC. Huawei has managed to break the blockade with its Kirin 9000s chip, which…challenges US sanctions and Dutch and Japanese restrictions imposed to ensure Chinese companies don’t have the ability to produce advanced chips.
Shoshani emphasized that past warnings by experts that tightening the noose on Huawei would push it to become self-sufficient in all aspects have already come true, given the contribution of the embargo imposed on Huawei. A delay but not a stop to it as it still enjoys strong balance in terms of the phone market and is very strong in China.
According to Shoshani, the processor is considered the brain that runs the phones and is responsible for giving the device smooth performance, bearing loads and performing multiple and intensive tasks quickly as it helps the running process. China has been working for some time to produce advanced chips, such as the Kirin 9000s, for applications, improving energy efficiency, and enabling artificial intelligence and fifth-generation technology, but the results have been lacking. Fortunately, the situation seems to have changed now.
Shoshani reveals that Huawei has not given much information about the new app, so the world is still waiting for more information and clarifications on how the company can achieve this goal, which will lead China to a new direction in the economy. The world of technology.
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