Jakarta - China has long had ambitions to be independent in the production of high-end semiconductors, and it seems that this dream is starting to come true. The latest satellite image shows that Huawei is building a state-of-the-art chip factory in the Guanlan region, CHINA.
The factory will use 7nm fabrication technology to produce smartphone and AI processor chips, particularly the Kirin and Ascend series, two Huawei flagship lines that have been a symbol of China's technology independence.
Currently, only a handful of companies and countries have the ability to make high-tech chips. Taiwan is the global major player in terms of the most advanced chip fabrication, producing chips for Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA.
Apart from Taiwan, Samsung and other South Korean companies are also major producers, especially for chips used in mobile devices and computers.
As a result, both China and the US are critically dependent on importing chips from these countries. Geopolitical tensions and the ban on the export of advanced chips by the US to China exacerbated this situation.
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In response, China began building its own chip industry power, although the process was not easy because it relies on very complex and expensive technology.
Chinese Technology Begins To Equalize The West
Huawei's new factory is one clear proof of China's increased chip technology. The country continues to reduce the size of wafers and improve the quality of the fabrication process.
Huawei has now achieved 7nm technology, and its newest AI chip, Ascend 910C, is said to be a direct competitor to NVIDIA H100. Although it is still lagging behind the 2nm technology used in the latest PC chips, this 7nm process is very sufficient for the needs of AI processors and smartphones.
Huawei, known as a well-known electronics manufacturer from Shenzhen, is now going further by building three facilities at once in Guanlan:
SiCarrier produces chip fabrication tools.
"Sway Sure" focuses on production of memory modules.
Huawei Mega Factory main factories for Kirin and Ascend chips production.
With a typical Chinese approach that brings together the entire supply chain in one region, production efficiency is expected to increase dramatically.
The plant will use Huawei's System-on-Chip (SoC) 7nm process, which was previously used in their other facilities. The large production volume is believed to be aimed at meeting demand for Kirin and Ascend chips, Huawei's two main weapons in the face of Western technology dominance such as NVIDIA.
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