The two sources told Reuters that the telecommunications giant sent samples of the Ascend 910C chip, its latest chipset product, to some technology companies and began receiving orders. And targeted Huawei This chip competes with the American artificial intelligence chip maker NVIDIA.
Huawei is at the heart of disputes between the United States and China regarding trade and security. Washington imposed a series of restrictions on Huawei and other Chinese companies, under the pretext that its technological progress poses a threat to the national security of the United States. Beijing denies these accusations and is trying to achieve self-sufficiency in advanced semiconductors.
The Chinese company Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (CMIC) manufactures the 910C chip for Huawei, but the lack of advanced lithography equipment has limited its production on a commercial scale.
This forces Huawei to reduce production targets and delay meeting orders for this chip.
