Huawei is Developing a “Mega Chip Facility” in China to Reduce Reliance on Foreign Chips

Alright, so here’s the scoop. Huawei’s going big—like really big, plot twist and all—with this massive chip factory in China. Apparently, they’re cranking out those Kirin and Ascend chips everyone is buzzing about.

Honestly, how did they go from phones to battling NVIDIA over in AI stuff? It’s kinda wild. They’re saying this new mega-place in Shenzhen (shoutout to Financial Times for the deets) should sort out their whole “we can’t keep up with orders” drama. Picture it like a huge vertical AI supply chain party, if that makes any sense.

Right there in Shenzhen, these new digs are supposedly the hotspot for churning out 7nm stuff—uhh, think Kirin and Ascend processors. I guess it’s conveniently close to other local foundries or some jazz like Pengxinwei and Shenzhen Pensun. Sounds like Huawei’s making some epic hangout spot for tech companies that makes everything quicker and fancy.

Here’s a kicker, though: local government’s flashing the cash, but Huawei’s keeping a low profile on the direct operations front. SiCarrier and SwaySure are the ones taking the helm, it seems. Yet, somehow, Huawei’s kind of like the puppet master—throwing money, sending brains, the whole shebang. Maybe that’s how they’ve jetted ahead over time, who knows!

And speaking of upscaling, there’s this juiciness about SMIC flopping a bit with meeting demands. So, Huawei’s on turbo mode to fire up more production lines. Word is, the Shenzhen spot might be up and running next year. Soon, right? Maybe it’s all part of their sneaky plan to rule chiptech or something. But who am I to say? My brain’s still stuck on why tires sometimes sound like soggy cereal on tarmac, but that’s another story.