Huawei is Allegedly Developing a “Mega Chip Facility” in China to Reduce Foreign Chip Dependence

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So, here’s a thing I stumbled upon, and not sure why it interested me, but it did: Huawei’s putting together this huge chip-making setup in China. It’s going to be behind the Kirin and Ascend chips that everyone seems to be buzzing about. Weird, right? How Huawei jumped from just another phone company to, like, squaring up against NVIDIA in AI stuff. Anyway — oh wait, back to what I was saying. They’re getting a ginormous place going in Shenzhen. The Financial Times covered it. To integrate the “AI supply chain vertically” is the fancy way they put it. Whatever that truly means.

Those shiny new facilities? Apparently, they’ll focus on the 7nm chips. You know, the complex bits for their Kirin mobiles and Ascend AI processors. There’s some chatter that this spot is near other Chinese foundries – Pengxinwei and Shenzhen Pensun, if I’m recalling correctly. This could turn into a hub or something, making it easier for Huawei to grab and go with parts. Like a tech party, but more chips, fewer cocktails.

Now, an image credit to the Financial Times. Seriously, thanks for the visual, FT.

But here’s the kicker: local government’s throwing money at this, too. Huawei isn’t running it directly. Instead, companies like SiCarrier and SwaySure might handle operations. It’s like Huawei’s setting up this elaborate puppet show where they hold the strings. They’ll start by pouring in funds and sharing their whizzes from the tech team. No wonder they’ve been on the up-and-up.

It all comes after SMIC kinda dropped the ball. They couldn’t keep up with the Ascend AI chip orders. “Millions” they say. Sounds dramatic, I know. Huawei’s literally hustling to get production rolling faster, and this Shenzhen spot might just save the day. Fingers crossed it’s up and running next year.

Who knows? Maybe Huawei’s onto something big in the world of chips or just distracting us with shiny things.

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