Huawei has invested a total of 440 billion yuan in technology self-research in the past three years, and even in the first half of 2023, Huawei's investment in technology research and development has exceeded Huawei's total profit in the first half of the year.
Huawei has not only completed the research and development of 14nm EDA software with friends, but also achieved significant achievements in many fields such as Kirin chip, Hongmeng system, and Starflash technology, not to mention that Huawei has achieved 5.5G technological breakthroughs in its most powerful communication technology.
In the face of the rapid improvement of Huawei's scientific and technological level in many fields, the United States has begun to feel worried again, so US Secretary of Commerce Raimondo made it clear in an interview before visiting China: If Huawei does not give up high-tech research and development, then the United States will escalate sanctions against Huawei. This is undoubtedly a threat to Huawei, but Huawei will not give up because of the threat.
After Raimondo said that he would escalate sanctions against Huawei, Huawei quickly played its first trump card, that is, the Huawei Mate60Pro mobile phone. Huawei did not carry out any publicity and warm-up for the Mate60Pro, but this caused more concern in the United States. After disassembling and testing Mate60Pro in foreign laboratories, I was surprised to find that the chip equipped with Mate60Pro is made by Chinese manufacturers, reaching the advanced process level, and also realizes satellite communication functions through RX6003 self-developed chips, not only that, Mate60Pro's network speed has exceeded the 5G mobile phones on the market, and it is likely to apply Huawei's 5.5G technology.
After these news, Biden and Raimondo couldn't sit still, Huawei can still achieve such a brilliant performance under the strong pressure of the US three-year sanctions, so what will happen if Huawei is not sanctioned?
Raimondo: Escalation of sanctions against China
The breakthroughs of Huawei and other domestic manufacturers have made the United States feel worried, and also feel the urgency that its own technological supremacy is threatened. In order to curb China's development, Raimondo said: The United States should use all means to prevent China from completing technological upgrading and prevent Chinese companies from achieving large-scale production of 7nm chips.
To this end, the United States has included all companies suspected of having or may have cooperated with Huawei in the entity list, including not only Chinese chip manufacturers such as Yangtze River Storage and SMIC, but also Glory, a subsidiary that has separated from Huawei.
When targeting China for suppression and sanctions, Raimondo did not forget to "fool" China, Raimondo said: If China accepts the rules of the United States and cooperates in accordance with the order set by the international community, then Sino-US relations can continue to develop. In fact, this is to make China give up scientific and technological self-research, become a dumping market for American factories and products, and achieve the so-called "harmless prosperity" in the eyes of the United States.
After all, China has long understood that only by mastering core technology can it avoid being stuck in the neck.
Huawei played its second trump card
Unexpectedly, less than twenty-four hours after Raimondo said that he would escalate sanctions against China, Huawei played its second trump card. Meng Wanzhou, CFO of Huawei, said: "Huawei will launch a comprehensive intelligence strategy, build a computing power platform based on root technology, and help all walks of life in China become intelligent.
Artificial intelligence is a frontier technology field that the United States believes to be leading development, but in fact, there is no obvious technological gap between China and the United States in artificial intelligence technology. It is precisely for this reason that the United States has repeatedly launched sanctions and suppression against China in the field of artificial intelligence. For example, the United States not only restricts NVIDIA's most advanced A100, H100 and other AI chips from shipping to the Chinese market, but also restricts the Chinese special version of A800, H800 and other AI chips launched by NVIDIA to enter the Chinese market. In order to avoid the Chinese market to obtain advanced AI chips, the United States even asked NVIDIA and AMD to restrict advanced AI chip shipments to the Middle East market, because the United States believes that Chinese companies may obtain advanced AI chips through this route.
Huawei will start from multiple fields such as software, hardware, core, edge, cloud, and device to build storage, operation, and computing to promote the innovation of existing server stacking technology. Huawei is a top AI company in China, and it also has very strong scientific and technological strength in AI-related industries such as cloud computing, and has mastered a large number of core patents. Huawei's full entry into the field of artificial intelligence will surely promote the rapid development of the Chinese industry and narrow the technological gap between China and the United States.
Within three years of being sanctioned by the United States, Huawei not only achieved breakthroughs in a number of core technologies, but also completed the construction of Internet of Things links with 5G, Hongmeng system, Kirin chip and Starflash technology, and also opened up the domestic industrial chain, realizing 90% of the localization of the smartphone industry chain.