Huawei, a major Chinese telecommunications equipment company, has almost blocked the acquisition of semiconductors using US technology due to the tightening of sanctions by the US government. Rumor has it that the company plans to build a dedicated chip factory in Shanghai for its core communications infrastructure business in the midst of such a predicament.
According to sources from the British Financial Times, the factory will be operated by the Shanghai IC / R & D Center, a research company supported by the Shanghai Municipal Government, and will be in the experimental stage until Huawei is ready to produce practical chips. It is said that it will stay.
The factory is expected to start manufacturing chips for the 45nm process. It's a fairly old generation at the modern chip level, but it seems to meet the requirements well for smart TVs and IoT. Furthermore, it is reported that it will shift to 28 nm by the latter half of 2021 and reach 20 nm by the latter half of 2022, and it is expected that "most" of 5G communication equipment chips can be made.
Both Huawei and the IC / R & D Center declined to comment on the FT. Research firms describe the issue as "quite delicate."
If this rumor is true, Huawei, combined with the chips it already stockpiled, has the potential to continue its communications hardware business for the foreseeable future with minimal disruption.
However, it should be noted that this report focuses only on the communication infrastructure business and does not mention mobile devices.
The need for advanced chip manufacturing technology to stay competitive in the high-end band for smartphones is also evidenced by the fact that the Huawei Mate 40 series is equipped with the Kirin 9000, which is manufactured by the 5nm process. .. In the first place, there is no prospect that Huawei terminals can be equipped with GMS (Google mobile service) that summarizes Google apps and services due to U.S. sanctions, and the road to revival in the international market aside from the Chinese domestic market may be steep. Maybe.
Source: Financial Times
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