As early as 20 years ago, Xu Guanhua, China's science and technology leader and former minister of science and technology, once said: "China's information industry lacks a core and less soul", in which the "core" refers to the chip, and the "soul" refers to the operating system.
Ren Zhengfei is completely heartbroken? Huawei burned 977.3 billion in 10 years, and the Hongmeng system was born to death
Until 2019, the problem of "lack of core and less soul" has not been solved. In May of the same year, Google suspended the provision of GMS for Huawei, resulting in Huawei mobile phones unable to use Google's services and applications (such as Gmail, YouTube and Google Maps) overseas, which may not have much impact on us, but for overseas users, mobile phones without GMS are like a "brick" and basically unusable.
Huawei then launched its own app store, operating system, HMS mobile services, etc., reducing its dependence on Google services, which can be regarded as making up for the problem of "less souls".
As an enterprise that focuses on R&D, Huawei invests a lot of money in R&D every year, and ranks first in R&D expenses among private enterprises, which is indeed not easy for a private enterprise.
According to statistics, Huawei has invested 977.3 billion yuan in R&D expenses in the past 10 years, successfully developing Kirin chips, 5G communication technology and Hongmeng operating system, putting certain pressure on Qualcomm and Apple.
However, the West has not easily let Huawei go, and the continuous sanctions have made the survival of Huawei's Kirin chip and Hongmeng system very difficult, and it has reached the situation of dying.
According to Counterpoint Research's survey data: Huawei's Kirin chip inventory is about to run out in the third quarter of 2022. (At present, the West prohibits TSMC and Samsung from OEM Huawei chips, which will lead to Huawei's Kirin chips being unable to mass-produce and supply, and eventually lose all markets.) ）
At the same time, experts also gave predictions: the market share of Harmony System may be completely zeroed in 2027.
From this point of view, the United States continues to sanction Huawei for only one purpose, that is, to completely collapse Huawei, Huawei senior management once said: Huawei is born to death, if it is not successful, it will become benevolent, and it will do everything possible to break through obstacles and live tenaciously, because there is no other way to go. It is worth mentioning that there was good news recently, Loongson Zhongke suddenly announced: Loongson 2K0500 (development version) has completed the adaptation verification with the Hongmeng system. This is undoubtedly a great good thing for the domestic semiconductor industry.
Today, with 5G technology, Hongmeng system, and the blessing of Loongson Zhongke, Huawei is likely to integrate into various industries such as energy, transportation, and the Internet of Things, opening up more new horizons. Let's cheer for Huawei and praise the take-off of domestic technology.