Raimondo Says Huawei's Chip Breakthrough Is Years Behind US Tech
Source: Bloomberg
April 21, 2024 at 7:00 PM EDT
US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Huawei Technologies Co.s latest phone shows that China remains behind on cutting-edge chip technology.
In an interview with CBS News 60 Minutes, Raimondo downplayed the companys claims of a breakthrough and said the technology gap shows the Biden administrations success in imposing export controls on China.
While Raimondo was visiting China in August, Shenzhen-based Huawei unveiled a smartphone powered by a homegrown advanced 7-nanometer chip, technology thats generations ahead of where the US hoped to halt Chinas advances. Its years behind what we have in the United States, Raimondo said in the interview broadcast Sunday. We have the most sophisticated semiconductors in the world. China doesnt. Weve out-innovated China.
Raimondo has vowed to take the strongest possible action to protect US national security, and Commerce Under Secretary Alan Estevez has said that Huaweis chipmaking partner Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. potentially violated US law. The Biden administration is considering blacklisting Chinese companies it suspects could make chips for Huawei.
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