When US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross was asked on Monday about the state of US-China trade negotiations, he sounded fairly optimistic that a deal was possible.
He was also very confident that the US held a strong negotiating position, in part because “China now understands how dependent they are on us (for high-tech goods).”
That comment, made during an interview on CNBC in reference to a ban on US sales to Chinese chipmaker ZTE, may prove to be a bit overconfident.
ZTE’s fellow Chinese national champion telecom giant, Huawei, unveiled on Monday a new chipset that the company says puts it at the forefront of the industry.
The Kunpeng 920, an announcement said, is “the industry’s highest-performance Advanced RISC Machine (ARM)-based CPU. Called Kunpeng 920, the new CPU is designed to boost the development of computing in big data, distributed storage, and ARM-native application scenarios.”
The development builds on other strides that Huawei has made, including the Kirin 980 chip unveiled in August for use on the company’s smartphones.
Beijing has long viewed competitiveness in the semiconductor industry as an important priority, one which was included in its Made in China 2025 program. But many analysts saw the ban on sales to ZTE as a catalyst to speed up the drive for self-sufficiency.
“ZTE was a very big wake up call for China,” Ross said, noting that many analysts saw the ban as a death sentence for the Chinese telecom giant.
Ross may be right that the ZTE case raised alarm bells in Beijing, but the days of Chinese firms being dependent on US supplies are numbered.
The Kunpeng chip will be used in conjunction with Huawei’s TaiShan server to run cloud services.
“Today, with Kunpeng 920, we are entering an era of diversified computing embodied by multiple cores and heterogeneity,” Huawei CEO William Xu said in announcing the chip on Monday.
After the China market saved GM from bankruptcy. USA tries to bankrupt ZTE. It rescinded the ban as US chip suppliers to ZTE were also hit severely. USA is a rogue, untrustworthy, unreliable trading partner.
After the China market saved GM from bankruptcy. USA tries to bankrupt ZTE. It rescinded the ban as US chip suppliers to ZTE were also hit severely. USA is a rogue, untrustworthy, unreliable trading partner.
ARM cpu architecture is the way to go. It’s true RISC without the CISC baggage Intel and thus can be simpler and optimized. Wait ’til they figure out how to put multiple chips in the same die and interconnect them. Short term Wintel laptop/desktop will be dead soon. Long term servers and super computers will run ARM for lesser power consumption, more simpler cores, and higher density foot print. Kiss Intel good bye which started making calculator chip 4004 for the Japanese. How ironic ARM is owned by Softbank. hahahah
ARM cpu architecture is the way to go. It’s true RISC without the CISC baggage Intel and thus can be simpler and optimized. Wait ’til they figure out how to put multiple chips in the same die and interconnect them. Short term Wintel laptop/desktop will be dead soon. Long term servers and super computers will run ARM for lesser power consumption, more simpler cores, and higher density foot print. Kiss Intel good bye which started making calculator chip 4004 for the Japanese. How ironic ARM is owned by Softbank. hahahah
Can’t wait Google tries to make a move with Android…
Can’t wait Google tries to make a move with Android…
China man talking. The biggest American technology pirate and wanna bes. The world knows how China ripped off and stole data from western companies. That’s all they’re good at. They’re good at taking credits from there cheap knock offs. If you take away all china’s technology theft China would still be knocking off u.s consumer electronic products.
China man talking. The biggest American technology pirate and wanna bes. The world knows how China ripped off and stole data from western companies. That’s all they’re good at. They’re good at taking credits from there cheap knock offs. If you take away all china’s technology theft China would still be knocking off u.s consumer electronic products.
Shaun D Bourbon
I strongly urge you to quit snorting, drinking or shooting up whatever nonsrnon you’ve been fed with. With a population of 1.4b you really think that it can never come up with newer and more shiny things? Do you really think that the Chinese are all so stupid?
Shaun D Bourbon
I strongly urge you to quit snorting, drinking or shooting up whatever nonsrnon you’ve been fed with. With a population of 1.4b you really think that it can never come up with newer and more shiny things? Do you really think that the Chinese are all so stupid?
Ong Boon Heng
Hi! Nice baby picture
Ong Boon Heng
Hi! Nice baby picture
Western thinks the sun only shines on them.. Lol
Western thinks the sun only shines on them.. Lol
WuKong Sun google already has fuschia OS up on thier sleeves.
WuKong Sun google already has fuschia OS up on thier sleeves.
If Huawei rules the chips, the rest in the race will be end of history.
If Huawei rules the chips, the rest in the race will be end of history.
Drachir Onik Ramos Good to know. If Google changes the terms of licensing with the new OS, Huawei has their own ready.
Drachir Onik Ramos Good to know. If Google changes the terms of licensing with the new OS, Huawei has their own ready.
Nothiing like shooting yourself in both feet by forbidding US companies from supplying their biggest customer with chips. Compounding this collosal screw up by forcing China to develope it`s own chip industry and thereby creating a competedor for US chip companies. A wonderful twofore for the Chinese chip industry and another great opportunity to lead the world in yet one more field. it is already paying off bigtime for Chinese companies.
For China, beating the US is like taking candy from a baby. They don`t have to beat the US with their big stick the US likes beating itself. All the Chinese have to do is sit back and watch the Americans tripping all over their pen*ses
Nothiing like shooting yourself in both feet by forbidding US companies from supplying their biggest customer with chips. Compounding this collosal screw up by forcing China to develope it`s own chip industry and thereby creating a competedor for US chip companies. A wonderful twofore for the Chinese chip industry and another great opportunity to lead the world in yet one more field. it is already paying off bigtime for Chinese companies.
For China, beating the US is like taking candy from a baby. They don`t have to beat the US with their big stick the US likes beating itself. All the Chinese have to do is sit back and watch the Americans tripping all over their pen*ses