- Huawei Technologies Co Ltd accomplished notable success in electronic design automation (EDA) tools for chips produced at and above 14-nm technology.
- Huawei has developed 78 tools related to chip hardware and software, Reuters reports citing local journals.
- Huawei will complete testing on the tools this year, rotating Chair Xu Zhijun said in a speech on February 28.
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- Huawei cooperated with domestic EDA companies to create the software, realizing the localization of EDA tools above 14-nm.
- Huawei will also let partners and customers use the software.
- Cadence Design Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CDNS) and Synopsys Inc (NASDAQ:SNPS), and Siemens AG’s (OTC:SIEGY) Mentor Graphics, dominate the EDA software market.
- Huawei, a major supplier of equipment used in 5G telecommunications networks, succumbed to U.S. export controls in 2019.
- When the U.S. imposed the restrictions, Huawei’s chip design division lost access to software and updates to design low-node processors for its smartphones and access to advanced manufacturing tools at chip production fabs.
- Chip design companies use EDA software to produce chip blueprints before commercializing them.
- China earmarked over 1 trillion yuan ($143 billion) in support package for its semiconductor industry to counter the U.S. embargo.
- Baidu Inc (NASDAQ:BIDU) and Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA) focused on RISC-V chips to bypass the U.S. embargo.
- RISC-V is an open-source technology that some analysts say is less susceptible to U.S. sanctions.
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