Huawei Technologies Co. alarmed politicians from Washington to Tokyo when it took the wraps off a $900 smartphone that signaled China’s rapid advance in semiconductor technology. The episode also thrust the little-known company that made the chip for Huawei into the middle of the US-Chinese battle for geopolitical supremacy.
  • m-p{3}@lemmy.ca
    7·
    7 months ago

    And it also pushed the development of RISC-V forward, so that’s nice.

    • Mereo@lemmy.ca
      8·
      7 months ago

      Yes, but where there’s a will, there’s a way. Analysts say these sanctions will backfire because now China has no choice but to become more advanced in chip production.