Huawei has unveiled the latest Mate 60 Pro smartphone. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SHENZHEN, SAN FRANCISCO – Huawei Technologies’ breakthrough in making an advanced chip underscores China’s determination and capacity forbut the efforts are likely very costly and could prompt Washington to tighten curbs, analysts said.
Its findings and claims by early users about the phone’s powerful performance indicate China is making some headway into developing high-end chips, even as Washington has over the recent years ramped up sanctions to cut its access to advanced chipmaking tools. Huawei declined to comment. SMIC and China’s State Council, which handles press queries on behalf of the Chinese government, did not immediately respond to requests for comments.The most advanced chip SMIC had previously been known for making was 14nm, as it was barred by Washington in late 2020 from obtaining an EUV machine from Dutch firm ASML.
“They have just demonstrated that they are willing to accept much higher costs than are normally considered worthwhile ... It is only the combination of Huawei’s own large financial resources and generous government subsidies that could allow it to sell phones using these chips at normal market prices,” Ms Zhang said.
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