{"id":14655,"date":"2025-06-10T07:34:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T07:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=14655"},"modified":"2025-06-10T07:34:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T07:34:42","slug":"chinas-huawei-plays-down-its-chipmaking-capabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=14655","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s Huawei plays down its chipmaking capabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for free<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description o3-type-body-base\"><span>Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=83ffcfde-9875-44f7-a1af-2b216bb4b4dc\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Huawei\u2019s founder said the US was exaggerating the Chinese chipmaker\u2019s capabilities and played down his company\u2019s technology amid trade talks between Beijing and Washington that include discussions of export controls.<\/p>\n<p>In a rare interview with China\u2019s state-run People\u2019s Daily on Tuesday, Ren Zhengfei said Huawei\u2019s Ascend chip, the main rival to Nvidia\u2019s products in China, \u201cstill lags behind the US by one generation\u201d. He added that the \u201cUS has exaggerated Huawei\u2019s capabilities \u2014 we\u2019re not that strong yet\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ren\u2019s comments come as Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang has sounded the alarm in recent weeks on Huawei\u2019s progress with its artificial intelligence chips, saying Washington\u2019s limits on the US chipmaker selling to China have given rise to a \u201cformidable\u201d competitor that threatens to undermine American dominance of AI technology.<\/p>\n<p>The US and China began a new round of trade talks on Monday in London, which included discussion of Washington\u2019s export controls on key technology.<\/p>\n<p>During the first round of talks in Geneva, the US did not discuss export controls. However, Beijing\u2019s recent use of restrictions on some critical rare earths and minerals used in car manufacturing \u2014 which threatens to shut down factory lines in the US, Europe and Japan \u2014 has brought the issue into trade discussions.<\/p>\n<p>Huawei has benefited from Washington\u2019s ban on shipments of Nvidia chips to China as Chinese tech giants have accelerated purchases of Ascend chips and made preparations to adopt Huawei\u2019s technology. <\/p>\n<p>Still, the majority of Chinese AI companies, including DeepSeek, use Nvidia chips to train the large language models that power AI tools. Domestic alternatives are increasingly used for the less complex task of calling upon the models to generate responses in tools such as chatbots.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts and Huawei researchers have previously complained about technical glitches in using the company\u2019s chips for training LLMs, citing difficulty in making the chips work together and distributing computing workloads across them.<\/p>\n<p>Ren on Tuesday hinted the company had made strides to resolve these issues, saying Huawei could \u201ccompensate\u201d for poorer performance through cluster computing, which involves linking multiple chips to boost AI server power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsing clustering and stacking, our computing results are comparable to the world\u2019s best,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Huawei\u2019s new CloudMatrix 384 AI server is the centrepiece of its strategy to compete with Nvidia by assembling a large number of chips to bolster bandwidth capacity and handle more data. The server connects 384 AI processors using Huawei\u2019s optical technology.<\/p>\n<p>Several Huawei customers are already testing the CloudMatrix server, working with the company\u2019s engineers to resolve issues related to the heat generated by the large number of chips operating in unison and the machine&#8217;s weight, said a person involved in the testing.<\/p>\n<p>Huawei\u2019s biggest challenge was creating \u201can ecosystem\u201d of developers that will use its platform to build AI models, the person added.\u00a0One of Nvidia\u2019s advantages is its software platform Cuda, which developers say is easy to use.<\/p>\n<p>Ren said Huawei was investing Rmb180bn ($25bn) a year on research and development, with Rmb60bn going into basic research not aimed at developing products but making breakthrough discoveries.<\/p>\n<p>Ren said China had distinct advantages when building out its technological capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAI depends on abundant electricity and advanced network infrastructure,\u201d he said. \u201cChina\u2019s power generation and grid systems are world-class. Our telecoms infrastructure is the most advanced in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Additional reporting by Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/83ffcfde-9875-44f7-a1af-2b216bb4b4dc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. 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