The patriotic wave of sales of the company's flagship did not have a good reason.
According to the Bloomberg news agency, last year Huawei still used American technology to produce the advanced 7-nanometer Kirin 9000S chip when it collaborated with Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC).
To implement the plan, SMIC used equipment from California companies Applied Materials Inc and Lam Research Corp, acquired before the US bans in October 2022.
This previously unreported information indicates that China is still unable to fully replace some of the foreign components and equipment needed for advanced products such as semiconductors. However, the Chinese brand's focus on technological self-sufficiency and Huawei's efforts to develop and manufacture local chips have received support from Beijing.
In China, information about the release of such a chip previously became a matter of national pride , because, it turns out, no sanctions are terrible for the Middle Kingdom, and it can fully master new technical processes on its own. As it turned out now, unfortunately, there were some American developments here.
Kirin 9000S was introduced in Huawei Mate 60 Pro smartphones, whose sales reached unprecedented heights largely on the wave of patriotism and pride in their country. However, the equipment used to produce the chip still has foreign sources.
After the release of the new smartphone, Washington launched an investigation into its processor, and the head of the US Department of Commerce, Gina Raimondo, promised "the strictest measures" to ensure national security. At the same time, Republican lawmakers are demanding that the Biden administration completely end Huawei and SMIC's access to US technology.
Commerce Department officials said they have seen no evidence that SMIC is capable of producing 7nm chips "at an industrial level," as confirmed by Peter Vennik, CEO of Dutch manufacturer ASML Holding NV.
Meanwhile, ASML itself has been unable to sell its extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) systems to China, as the Dutch government has not issued a license for such export operations.
While the United States continues to press its allies, including the Netherlands, Germany, South Korea, and Japan, to restrict China's access to semiconductor technology on all fronts, the whole situation has long been controversial and met with resistance. After all, not all countries see China as a direct threat and do not want to miss out on trade opportunities with the world's largest economy.
According to the Bloomberg news agency, last year Huawei still used American technology to produce the advanced 7-nanometer Kirin 9000S chip when it collaborated with Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC).
To implement the plan, SMIC used equipment from California companies Applied Materials Inc and Lam Research Corp, acquired before the US bans in October 2022.
This previously unreported information indicates that China is still unable to fully replace some of the foreign components and equipment needed for advanced products such as semiconductors. However, the Chinese brand's focus on technological self-sufficiency and Huawei's efforts to develop and manufacture local chips have received support from Beijing.
In China, information about the release of such a chip previously became a matter of national pride , because, it turns out, no sanctions are terrible for the Middle Kingdom, and it can fully master new technical processes on its own. As it turned out now, unfortunately, there were some American developments here.
Kirin 9000S was introduced in Huawei Mate 60 Pro smartphones, whose sales reached unprecedented heights largely on the wave of patriotism and pride in their country. However, the equipment used to produce the chip still has foreign sources.
After the release of the new smartphone, Washington launched an investigation into its processor, and the head of the US Department of Commerce, Gina Raimondo, promised "the strictest measures" to ensure national security. At the same time, Republican lawmakers are demanding that the Biden administration completely end Huawei and SMIC's access to US technology.
Commerce Department officials said they have seen no evidence that SMIC is capable of producing 7nm chips "at an industrial level," as confirmed by Peter Vennik, CEO of Dutch manufacturer ASML Holding NV.
Meanwhile, ASML itself has been unable to sell its extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) systems to China, as the Dutch government has not issued a license for such export operations.
While the United States continues to press its allies, including the Netherlands, Germany, South Korea, and Japan, to restrict China's access to semiconductor technology on all fronts, the whole situation has long been controversial and met with resistance. After all, not all countries see China as a direct threat and do not want to miss out on trade opportunities with the world's largest economy.
