On the morning of April 19th, Huawei suddenly began to sell new Pura70 series machines without holding a press conference, and it is not surprising that the outside world is more concerned about the issue of processors.
It is reported that the Pura70 series is equipped with a Kirin 9010 processor, which can be regarded as an upgraded version of the Kirin 9000S. However, due to the limitation of the manufacturing process, the overall frequency of the Kirin 9010 is not as good as that of the previous generation, but the comprehensive performance is better than the previous generation.
As we all know, Kirin 9000S is the chip carried by Huawei Mate60, Kirin 9000S is made using 5nm process, is a high-performance general-purpose computing chip, its functional modules cover 5G communication, AI artificial intelligence, ISP image processing, NPU neural network processor and other cutting-edge technology fields.
When the Kirin 9000S was born, the people of the whole country were excited, because it was a major victory for China against the US chip war. In less than a year, the Kirin 9000S immediately launched an upgraded version, and it seems that the mainland's investment in chip technology in recent years has finally ushered in a return.
When it comes to Huawei Mate60, many people may think of U.S. Secretary of Commerce Raimondo, after all, during his visit to China last year, Raimondo had a "free endorsement" for Huawei mobile phones.
As an anti-China pioneer, Raimondo has successively introduced a number of anti-China bills since he became Secretary of Commerce of the United States, and more than 200 Chinese entities have been included in the "blacklist". Among them, Huawei has always been the focus of Raimondo's "care", and the United States and Western countries have issued more than 100 sanctions against Huawei.
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After last year's visit to China, Raimondo finally admitted: "I am uneasy about Huawei's achievements in the field of chips, and the U.S. Department of Commerce needs to do more to curb the rise of China's chip industry." ”
During a visit to the Philippines in March, Raimondo also said: "We will 'recklessly' intensify the suppression of China's semiconductor industry, and plan to sanction Chinese chip manufacturing companies linked to Huawei." Now, Huawei has launched a new machine again, and Raimondo has no surprise to come out again to brush up on its presence.
Recently, when Raimondo participated in a program on CBS TV, a host asked her about her views on the chip on Huawei's new machine, Raimondo said that this chip is not so good...... It is years behind our American chips. We have the most advanced semiconductors in the world, and the U.S. has more innovation capabilities than China.
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When Raimondo said this, pride was written on her face, as if the U.S. sanctions on Chinese chips had worked. I have to say that since she came to China last year and was slapped in the face, in the past six months, Raimondo has learned to deceive herself.
Although there is still a large gap between China and the United States in the field of chips, in recent years, the technological blockade of the United States has brought great innovation impetus to the mainland's scientific researchers, and with the strong support of the state, scientific researchers continue to break the ice, and the advent of 5 nanometer chips is the best illustration, which declares that the United States is heading for failure in the blockade of China's chip program.
Raimondo said these words undoubtedly to cover up the embarrassment in his heart, originally wanted to strangle China's chip industry in the cradle, but not only did it fail, but China's chips grew wildly under the storm. As more and more technological difficulties are overcome, it is no longer a dream for Chinese chips to compete with the United States for the international market.
As we all know, rare metals contained in rare earths are one of the key materials for making chips, and China is the world's largest exporter of rare earths, and the United States imports a large number of rare earths from overseas every year, 80% of which come from China. Although the United States still has the advantage of chip manufacturing technology for the time being, if there are not enough raw materials, can it make the most advanced chips?
On April 22, Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng said: "China and the United States do have competition, although China is not afraid of competition, but it must be fair and just, and the United States is not competing, but bullying." ”
Since China's accession to the WTO, it has always been actively integrated into the "global village", as the two big countries in the East and the West, China and the United States have long established a supply chain to take each other's needs, if the United States has been unreasonably suppressing and sanctioning us, it will only be the result of "killing 800 enemies and losing 1,000 themselves".
In fact, Huawei's release of the new machine is just a microcosm of China's chip technology icebreaking, and China has made remarkable achievements in artificial intelligence, new energy vehicles, aerospace engineering and other fields. We are gradually realizing independent R&D, manufacturing and innovation in the field of chips, and at the same time, we are also catching up with the United States and the West in the high-tech field.