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During this period, we have always paid great attention to the development of the field of science and technology, especially in the context of Western countries' sanctions against us, whether we can achieve greater breakthroughs in the field of science and technology will be directly related to our future long-term development.
Many companies are now involved in the wave of semiconductor research, hoping to get a share of the competition in emerging markets. It is not only conducive to increasing its own economic revenue, but also helps the development of the national science and technology industry to a certain extent.
At present, the vast majority of smartphone brands in the mainland have joined this wave. Among them, the most representative brand is Huawei, which has now been regarded as a thorn in the eye and flesh by the United States.
Secondly, smartphone brands such as OPPO and Xiaomi have also begun to explore the chip business. However, now there is bad news about China's chip development, OPPO has announced the closure of the chip business, and tens of billions of dollars may be "lost".
In this comparison, we may be able to feel that Huawei can persist until now, which is really extraordinary.
First, OPPO closed the Zheku chip business
As one of the mainland smartphone giants, OPPO focuses on the low-end market, and its development in the domestic market and overseas markets such as Southeast Asia is very good, and its revenue capacity is also very impressive.
Based on the current wave of semiconductor industry development, OPPO chose to establish the Zheku business and started the research and development of artificial intelligence and chip industry.
At present, the chips used in the vast majority of domestic smart electronic products are basically obtained through overseas purchases.
In addition to Huawei, the chip products and operating systems used by many smartphone brands led by OPPO are relatively mature products overseas.
If OPPO can make a corresponding breakthrough in the field of chips, it will also be a great help to the development of the company itself.
After having exclusive chip products, companies can greatly reduce their production costs, while also playing their own characteristics to attract consumers to buy.
But opening chip research and development is not an easy task, and the Zheku business, which was only opened in 2018, was announced to be shut down in less than 5 years.
In this process, OPPO invested about 10 billion yuan, but in the end did not achieve any substantial results.
Although it has hired many high-end technical personnel and has its own professional technical team, it has still failed to make breakthroughs in the field of chips and artificial intelligence.
According to the official statement, the reason why OPPO suspended the Zheku chip business is mainly because the current market environment is extremely unstable.
OPPO decided to stay on the sidelines for the time being, suspending its exploration of the two emerging fields of artificial intelligence and chips.
After OPPO announced the suspension of this library chip business, many netizens began to sigh that Huawei is indeed the light of the nation and an unusual high-tech enterprise.
Second, Huawei's independent research and development in the chip field
Now when it comes to Huawei, I believe that the vast majority of people are very emotional. In recent years, due to the US scientific and technological sanctions, the development road of enterprises has been very difficult. As we mentioned above, OPPO has invested tens of billions of yuan in the research and development of chip technology.
But compared to Huawei, this is simply not worth mentioning. Huawei's investment in the chip industry is far beyond our imagination, and I am afraid that it will exceed 10 billion a year.
Even in the past few years under sanctions, Huawei has been increasing investment in scientific research, with a cumulative total of at least 400 billion yuan.
From this, it is not difficult to see that Huawei can continue to survive under the sanctions and blockades of Western countries, not without reason. On the one hand, the group has a strong leadership team that wholeheartedly leads the group forward.
On the other hand, it is willing to spend money on scientific research, recruits a large number of talents, and also provides sufficient financial support for the projects of the scientific research team.
Although we are all optimistic about Huawei's future development, the situation facing the group is indeed not optimistic. Especially after the group broke through the barriers of 5G technology, it was directly regarded as a thorn in the side of the United States.
Their suppression of Huawei is to better maintain its position as a technology hegemon, and also to curb the development of the mainland's technology industry.
But we will not give up, and Huawei will not give up. I believe that with the passage of time in the future, Huawei can shock the world again. We are also very sorry for OPPO's current choice.
Opening the research and development of the chip business is not an easy task, OPPO's Zheku may be able to start from the low-end chip field, from easy to difficult, and gradually develop upward.
There is a saying on the mainland that you can't become a fat person in one bite.
If you devote yourself to the research and development of artificial intelligence chips from the beginning, it will not only bring greater pressure on enterprises to invest capital, but also easily make enterprises face greater difficulties, resulting in fear.
Learning requires a process, and business expansion also requires a long process. Even Huawei, which has achieved a lot of achievements, did not achieve it overnight, but experienced a long development process of several decades.
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