China can’t mass produce modern chips yet, but it is a matter of time
The United States has been investigating China's Huawei. Huawei recently presented a modern 5G smartphone with an advanced 7nm chip. With that, Huawei seemed to be able to work around the sanctions the US have imposed to keep China from modern chip technology. According to U.S. Commerce Secretary G... Read more
Chinese chips are improving, advanced SoC in Huawei Mate 60 Pro shows
An advanced chip in the new Huawei Mate 60 Pro bodes well for China's chip aspirations. SMIC has produced its Kirin 9000s processor on the 7 nanometer (nm) node, a sign that the country is strengthening its own developments despite Western sanctions.
TechInsights discovered the chip when it took... Read more
Patent deal with Ericsson should bring Huawei new revenue
Huawei and Ericsson have signed a long-term reciprocal patent deal for mobile network technology. The deal should generate new revenue for Huawei, now that many European countries are banning Chinese technology from mobile networks.
Huawei is suffering greatly from sanctions imposed by many Euro... Read more
German telco networks forced to rid themselves of Huawei, despite high costs
German telecom operators must quickly remove potentially dangerous Huawei and ZTE systems from their telecom networks by the German government. There are potentially extremely high costs involved in doing so, but telecom operators have used that excuse for too long, Germany's interior minister says... Read more
‘Huawei may release 5G smartphones soon’
Huawei may release 5G smartphones again before the end of this year. At least that is the conclusion of an investigation.
Huawei is said to have found a way around the U.S. trade blockade in terms of chips. That's what three independent analysts tell Reuters.
It is said, the company can pro... Read more
Huawei announces advanced “5.5G” network rollout for 2024
Huawei is calling its next innovation "5.5G", a term no other company uses. The Chinese tech giant wants to leverage its 5G muscle in defining the next release of the high speed broadband standard.
This week Huawei announced it will launch a complete set of commercial "5.5G" network equipment in... Read more
European Commission will ban contracts that use Huawei
Contracts involving Huawei's tech will not be allowed inside the European Union. The ban is part of the EC's strategic measures to enact "restrictions on high-risk suppliers".
This week the EU Member States, with the support of the European Commission and the EU Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA),... Read more
Seagate forced to pay $300 million after supplying HDDs to Huawei
Storage vendor Seagate must pay $300 million to the U.S. government. It allegedly sent over 7 million hard drives to China's Huawei. Current US export regulations ban companies from doing so.
The fine is for violating sanctions the US government introduced in August 2020. Between that month and ... Read more
Huawei makes breakthroughs in design tools for 14nm chips
The designs are the latest in a wide range of Huawei tools related to chip hardware and software.
Huawei has made breakthroughs in electronic design automation (EDA) tools for chips produced at and above 14-nanometre technology. This is according to a report in Reuters, citing a speech by a seni... Read more
Huawei could be cut off completely from chip access
The Trump and Biden administrations banned the export of US chips and technology to Huawei, with the restrictions being adjusted multiple times since the initial ban in 2019.
Currently, the Biden administration is reportedly tightening the restrictions even further, with The Financial Times sugg... Read more