Okay, so here’s the deal. Imagine Huawei’s been on this wild ride, starting off as your average mobile company and now trying to be the big boss in the AI game. They’re planning this colossal chip-making gig in China — think chips for their Kirin phones and those fancy Ascend AI brainiacs.
Now, what’s wild is they’re building this tech fortress in Shenzhen — and yeah, it sounds like it’ll be a chip wonderland. Maybe it’s all about speeding up how they get stuff done, keeping everything tight and close with their supply buddies like Pengxinwei and Shenzhen Pensun. Pretty smart, right? Or maybe it’s just handy.
Oh, side note: there’s some image credit to Financial Times. Feels like I should mention it here.
Anyway, the local government’s pitching in some cash but here’s the twist — Huawei’s not actually running the joint. It’s more like SiCarrier and SwaySure’s gig. Huawei’s still got their fingers in the pie, sending over their management and tech teams to play overseer. Like, they have this ecosystem thing going on where they’re running the show without actually running the show. Confusing? Yeah, maybe. But kind of genius too.
SMIC, the big-name semiconductor folks, kind of fumbled the ball. There’s this huge crush of orders for the Ascend chips and they’re just not cutting it. Enter Huawei, stepping up to double down on getting their lines churning out more tech — pronto. Supposedly, this Shenzhen setup could be up and running by next year. It’s like Huawei’s making sure they’re not playing catch-up in the race for the latest tech.
I mean, who even saw that coming a few years back? Maybe some did. I sure didn’t.
