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Huawei Founder admitted Taiwan is Top No. 1 in Chips manufacturing; 3 key defects in China Semiconductors Industry

(11 Nov) Under the current Sino-American technology battle, Huawei becomes a target by western countries as its dominant role of assisting the Chinese government in monitoring communities in China and overseas. 10th November 2020, in Huawei Xinsheng (phonetic, meaning thoughts) blog, REN Zhengfei, founder of Huawei, shared that Huawei is in very difficult time following by the American actions breaking the chips manufacturing chain of Huawei. REN asks Chinese to understand thoroughly about chips manufacturing industry in China - though manufacturing under China is advance, the best No. 1 is from Taiwan.

"Though Huawei has been accumulating lot of experiences in chips manufacturing and design, ahead of some of other countries, we are not the best. It's Taiwan", said REN in a seminar with 9 high school Headmasters earlier.

REN added that the chips manufacturing under China is having issues of industrial foundation and substandard chemical. Every equipment and machine for chips manufacturing should bear highest technology. China and Huawei do not have enough talents and experts to design and produce such equipment and machines.

In the short-sighted market and development under Chinese government direction, nobody wishes to spend substantial cost to make such equipment and it is also time-consuming. Despite making one or few, it is not economical worthy because of the low demand (short-sighting commercial players can't see the true value). REN stressed that this is a big issue of government policy, asking the Chinese government to value such equipment manufacturing and chemical chain development.

Source: Apple Dailyaily Taiwan

Translated by: Hong Kong Echo

#Huawei #Chip #TaiwanNo1 #China #Value #Manufacturing #RenZhengfei #Founder
Johnson may block Chinese takeover of UK’s largest computer chip maker

Boris Johnson may block a Chinese-owned company from purchasing the UK’s largest producer of semiconductors, a senior government adviser has suggested, as they warned Beijing was on the brink of initiating a new “cold war”.

Tony Abbott, the former prime minister of Australia recruited by Johnson to advise on post-Brexit trade, said he was heartened by a review being launched into the takeover of Welsh microchip manufacturer Newport Wafer Fab by Nexperia and suggested it meant the process could be paused.

Johnson had asked his national security adviser, Sir Stephen Lovegrove, to look into the sale after previously being accused of acquiescing to the deal by not scrutinising it more closely, particularly given the semiconductor industry’s geopolitical prominence.

Source: The Guardian #Jul27

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jul/27/chinese-takeover-of-uks-largest-computer-chip-maker-may-be-blocked

#Johnson #UK #Chip #ColdWar
Intel apologises to China over Xinjiang products and labour directive

The US chipmaker Intel has apologised for telling its suppliers not to source products or labour from Xinjiang, a province that human rights groups and governments including the US allege uses forced labour, after facing a backlash across China.

Intel, which derives more than a quarter of its $80bn (£60bn) in annual revenues from the Chinese market, apologised to the people of China and its local partners on Thursday for telling suppliers to avoid the region in accordance with restrictions imposed by “multiple governments”.

Source: The Guardian #Dec13

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/dec/23/intel-apologises-to-china-over-xinjiang-products-and-labour-directive?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

#Intel #China #Xinjiang #Labour #Chip