Ren Zhengfei, the founder of Huawei Technologies, said that the US forced Huawei to build its own technology. In other words, the US ban did that, as the company did not really have many options following a series of those bans.
Huawei founder believes the US forced Huawei to build its own technology
The company’s founder attended the ICPC (International Collegiate Programming Content) coding competition for university students, where he said that. He also talked with students about Huawei, technology in general, future goals, and a number of other topics.
At one point during the event, Zhengfei actually said that he believes Huawei can learn from the receptive culture of the US. He believes that it can make both Huawei and China advance in science and technology.
These were his exact words: “The US has set an example for all countries and companies worldwide on being open. If a country is closed off, it will fall behind”.
As many of you know at this point, the US sanctions landed in 2019, as security concerns were quoted. A number of additional roadblocks were set after that, though. Huawei is still blocked off from accessing tools to make chips and various other equipment.
Those bans forced Huawei to be self-sufficient
Huawei was forced to be self-sufficient, and it seemingly benefited the company in a way. Zhengfei said the following: “American technologies and tools are very good… [but] Huawei cannot use them; we had no choice but to create our tools. Open innovation and utilizing the advanced achievements of others is the true way forward for an enterprise”.
On top of everything, Huawei’s founder also highlighted the importance of AI. He said that artificial intelligence is becoming unstoppable. He said that if Huawei uses it in the right way, it could achieve a lot of success moving forward.
Huawei is expected to announce its 5nm processor made in collaboration with SMIC soon. That Kirin chip will be first used in the upcoming Huawei Mate 70 series.
2024-11-01 15:06:15