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Reportingly: Huawei developed domestic chip design tools to self-sufficient
The volunteer at the Chinese tech giant is channelizing the fact that the company developed its own chip design tools oriented toward side-stepping U.S. sanctions and making the company more self-sufficient in the semiconductor space.
Huawei developed domestic chip design tools
Rotating chairman at Huawei, Eric Xu said the company along with other domestic firms, jointly created electronic chip design tools required to make semiconductors at 14 nanometers and above, according to a speech obtained by Chinese financial and business publication Yicai.
He also added that “tools will be verified this year, which would allow them to be put into use.” Stepping towards self-sufficiency instead of reliance on U.S. technology in semiconductors this gonna be great to know. Whereas U.S. firms dominate the chip design tool market with companies like Synopsys and Cadence Design Systems.
The 14-nanometer figure refers to the size
14-nanometer chips and above are being considered due to designing tools, said Xu. The nanometer figure refers to the size of each individual transistor on a chip. Typically, a reduction in nanometer size can yield more powerful and efficient chips.
However, 14-nanometer chips are several generations behind what is currently being put into the latest smartphone technology. For example, Apple’s iPhone 14 Pro Max uses a 5-nanometer chip. However, 14-nanometer chips may be used in some of the company’s other products.
In the source, a chairperson of the high-tech geopolitics program at the Takshashila Institution, Pranay Kotasthane would wait to see more details before knowing how effective Huawei’s design tools are.
He clears that contract chip manufacturing firms, also known as foundries, work with semiconductor design companies to come up with a set of files called a Process Design Kit.
“This PDK models the physical and electrical characteristics” of the basic components of a chip. The design firm and manufacturer need to go through a process to optimize production to ensure the highest yield of semiconductors. If this process does not happen, then “chip designs will fail when converted into silicon,” Kotasthane said.
Kotasthane is convinced “There’s not enough proof yet to suggest that Chinese EDA [electronic design automation] companies have crossed this barrier.”
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Huawei launched its first HarmonyOS home data center in back 2022. The current 4TB, 16TB, and diskless versions are 2,599 yuan, 4,599 yuan, and 1,799 yuan respectively.
Huawei’s home storage plays an important part in Huawei’s 1+8+N strategy. It can interconnect with other devices to achieve fast and convenient data access and transfer.
With the arrival of HarmonyOS 4.2, Huawei home storage has introduced application backup and WeChat backup functions. When used with phones/tablets running HarmonyOS 4.2 and above, WeChat data can be backed up to the NAS, and WeChat data can be restored at any time when necessary.
On February 12, the chairman of Huawei Smart Car Solutions BU, Yu Chengdong shared the details of its latest journey with Wenjie M9 on WeChat. He said that he drove the Wenjie M9 back to Shenzhen, with no or zero takeovers for the entire 1,314-kilometer journey.
Yu Chengdong said that he drove the Wenjie M9 back to Shenzhen from his hometown in Anhui and traveled 1,314 kilometers in 15 hours. The entire smart driving process was normal and there was no takeover or takeover! I didn’t miss a single intersection, sat around for 15 hours, and didn’t have to drive nervously. It was so relaxing.
To recall, the M9 comes in four versions, priced from 470,000 yuan with deliveries scheduled in February at the earliest. There are already over 54,000 overs. The previous AITO, the M7 sold 100,000 in two months.
The Wenjie M9, a large SUV built on a new platform, offers both extended-range and pure electric power options, with acceleration times of 4.3 seconds and 4.9 seconds per hundred kilometers, respectively.
Huawei has officially started distribution of its September 2023 firmware update. Currently, the latest month update is rolling out for the smartwatch. Yes, you read that right, the Chinese tech giant has now pushing out the September 2023 software update to the Watch GT 3 lineup.
As per the changelog, the latest firmware update is rolling out with the build numbers 3.0.0.101(Watch GT 3 Pro) and 2.1.0.201 (Watch GT 3).
Huawei Watch GT 3 September 2023 update
Changelog
This update adds hibernation and allows you to open an app from the context menu by simply holding down the icon.
[Updates]
1. Adds hibernation.
2. Allows you to open an app from the context menu.
3. Adds the function of detecting if the band is too loose when exercising.
4. Support incoming call notifications for specific social media apps.
5. Supports detecting incoming messages from specific social media apps via emojis.
[Optimizations]
1. Optimized the accuracy of the swim lane count.
2. Optimizes the accuracy of heart rate monitoring during exercise.
3. Improves the accuracy of SpO2 measurements.
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