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Huawei has apparently made breakthroughs in its 14nm process technology. The company has made advancements in electronic design automation (EDA) tools for chips that are produced using the 14nm technology.

The news arrives from a speech by a senior executive of the Chinese tech giant. According to rotating chairman Xu Zhijun, the company will complete its testing on the tools within this year. The speech was made back in February and revealed that Huawei has developed 78 tools that are related to chip hardware and software. Although, the news clearly hints at the company’s efforts in focusing on semiconductor technology. The announcement also arrives as Huawei and other Chinese tech based firms are looking to localize their supply chains.

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These Chinese brands are rushing to shift to more local suppliers due to looming threat of US sanctions. For those unaware, Huawei had been cut off from various key technologies like its primary chip supplier TSMC after being designated by the US as a national security threat. This basically means that other companies can also face such sanctions at any given moment, which has led them to look to localize their supply chains to avoid this issue.

In the recent speech, Xu had added that the company will be cooperating with domestic EDA companies to create the software to “basically realizing the localization of EDA tools above 14nm.” To put things simply, chip design companies use EDA software to produce the blueprints for chips before they begin mass production at fabrication plants. 14nm chips powered smartphones that were quite a few generations behind the smartphones available in today’s market. But this signifies that Huawei is working on making advances in semiconductor technology to catch up to the global rivals.

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