Possibility of installing 5G semiconductors in new smartphones
Chinese media reports that “Chinese semiconductor companies are producing”
Discussion on tougher regulation between US and China likely to ignite
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The United States was hit with a hit by the ‘latest premium smartphone’ introduced by China’s largest telecommunications equipment maker Huawei. This is because the smartphone, which Gina Lamon also unveiled during the US Secretary of Commerce’s visit to China, appears to be equipped with a 5G advanced semiconductor. The United States is keenly aware of the possibility that China may have increased its own production capacity despite sanctions targeting the semiconductor market.
On the 2nd (local time), the Washington Post (WP) of the United States said that Huawei’s ‘Mate 60 Pro’, which was released on the 29th of last month, “spurred concerns that US sanctions at the list price have failed to block China’s key technology development.” Evaluated. According to WP, the Mate 60 Pro uses a 7-nanometer (nm = 1 billionth of a meter) process semiconductor produced by China itself. “This shows that the US intention to slow China’s progress in fields such as artificial intelligence (AI) and big data by blocking the import and production of advanced semiconductors has not worked,” he added.
Huawei did not disclose specific specifications, such as which processor was used in the latest smartphone and which generation of mobile communication is possible. However, CGTN, an English broadcasting channel under China’s state-run Central Television (CCTV), said, “The Mate 60 Pro is equipped with a top-end processor for the first time since the US ban on Huawei in 2019.” In July of this year, Reuters also reported that Huawei could procure its own 5G chips through SMIC.
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Huawei took a direct hit in the smartphone business and fell out of the 5G market when the US began regulating exports of semiconductors to China. It made products with chips it had already secured, and since 2020, when even those chips were used up, only 4G products have been produced. The WP predicted that the new smartphone, the Mate 60 Pro, would use a 7nm chip. This is what went into the iPhone in 2018. However, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) left open the possibility that Huawei secured its own semiconductor supply chain or used inventory.
If China breaks through the high-strength sanctions network of the United States and is confirmed to have designed and produced advanced semiconductors on its own, the shock wave is not expected to be small. The US semiconductor industry has warned that sanctions against China could allow China to develop and produce its own semiconductors instead of relying on the US. The WP pointed out that this warning seems to have become a reality.
“It shows that you can make a product that can do a lot without American technology, if not as well as the cutting-edge Western model,” said Paul Triolo, senior vice president of the Albright Stonebridge Group, a consulting firm. Chris Miller, a professor at Tufts University in the US, said, “This shows that Chinese companies like Huawei still have great innovation capabilities.
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2023-09-03 11:19:36
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