Huawei Technologies has just recently invested in another semiconductor based company. The company has acquired stake in German Litho, who has recently undergone many business changes and it has recently added Huawei’s investment arm, Hubble Technology Investment as one of it shareholders.

For those unaware, German Litho (aka Qingdao Tianren MicroNano Ltd/青岛天仁微纳 in China) is a supplier of equipment and process solution for micro and nanostructuring technology. Its business operations includes applications for Nanoimprint Lithography (NIL), with the semiconductor based firm offering NIL solutions, equipment, consumable materials, consultancy, and other production based services as well. Notably, this marks another investment from the Chinese tech giant into the semiconductor industry.

Back in June 2021, the company had invested in key chip production technology to ‘offset’ impacts of the US sanctions. The Hubble Technology Investment had invested in the field of lithography. Last year, Huawei has also invested in the semiconductor startup called Vertilite through its subsidiary. Notably, its growing interest in the semiconductor industry after the brand lost its chip supply from TSMC over sanctions enforced by the US government.

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A Huawei subsidiary has just invested in the field of lithography, which marks the company’s entry into tech related to chip production. The move from the company likely arrives to deal with the US sanctions and ‘forge a complete chip industry chain’.

The Hubble Technology Investment, a unit of the Chinese tech giant, recently invested 82 million Yuan (12.8 million US Dollars) in Beijing RSLaser Opto-Electronics Technology Co. This makes the investment unit the seventh largest stakeholder of the company that focuses on light source systems, which is one of the three core technologies of lithograph based machines. The investment unit from the Chinese brand was established back in 2019 and has investments in about 28 semiconductor based firms.

Fu Liang, a veteran telecom industry analyst told GlobalTimes that “Huawei’s move is mainly intended to offset loopholes and shortcomings caused by US restrictions while supporting enterprises with high recognition to produce a higher level of products through investments. This is crucial for reducing China’s reliance on certain countries and enterprises in the global semiconductor industry.” For those unaware, Huawei has been forced to rely on domestic foundries that fabricate 14 to 28nm chips since it had its chip supply for the advanced TSMC 7nm chips cut off by US sanctions.

Furthermore, analysts added that lithography machines are key to building an ecosystem of the chip industry. This paired with the fact that RSLaser Opto-Electronics was the first to independently design and develop the first domestic high energy excimer laser, which broke the long term monopoly that was held by overseas manufacturers. Fu further added that “Lithography machines and light sources determine the degree of precision of chips, but the global supply is still dominated by certain enterprises, so Huawei’s investment in the lithography field aims to reduce its reliance on foreign companies.”

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Hubble Technology Investment, the investment arm of Huawei, has recently made the move of investing in NineCube. This investment had the company acquire stakes in the electronic design automation firm, which is based in China.

This move has been widely seen as the Chinese tech giant’s aim of strengthening its chip design capabilities, as per a DigiTimes report. Notably, the news also arrives as the company struggles with the impacts of US trade sanctions. Furthermore, the report is based on recent updates from QCC, a Chinese platform providing information about companies based in China.

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As per the new updates, NineCube recently underwent a business change. It has now added Hubble Technology as a new shareholder. However, both firms have yet to disclose the exact sum of investment made by the investment arm of Huawei. For those unaware, NineCube was founded recently back in 2011 and is an EDA service provider with Wang Xinchao, the founder of China based IC packaging firm JCET, as one of its board of directors. At the moment, US companies hold a dominance in the EDA market, with an almost 80 percent market share in the industry. This mainly comprises major firms like Synopsys, Cadence, and Mentor Graphics.

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JF Technology, a subsidiary of JF International, is entering into a partnership with the venture capital arm of Huawei Investment & Holdings Co Ltd. This partnership will be achieved through Huawei’s subscription to shares in JFH Technology.

According to TheStar report, a recent filing with Bursa Malaysia had JF Technology state that Hubble Technology Investment will inject a total of 1.5 million US Dollars in JFH Technology. This will fortify the relationship with the Chinese firms as a key customer, while also maintaining a strategic partnership and gaining access to the Chinese market as well.

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Out of the total contribution, 410,000 US Dollars will be credited to the increased registered capital of JFH while the remaining 1.09 million US Dollars will be credited to the capital reserve. Furthermore, JF International will have a 55 percent stake of its own 500,000 US Dollars capital contribution while HTI will own the remaining 45 percent.

JF Technology stated that the collaboration will allow the group to establish a long term business partnership with Hubble Technology Investment and other customers like Huawei in China. It further added that “With the opportunity for JFH Technology to work closely with HTI to develop new test contacting technology for 5G network and 6G network as well as in the future, there will be technological know how and knowledge transfer from JF Group to JFH Technology, enabling JFH Technology to move up the value chain of the semiconductor industry while developing local talents amongst Malaysians.”

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The Huawei subsidiary, Hubble, has made another investment. This time with Fuxi Technology, which is a firm that specializes in making graphene thermal films and is a leading manufacturer within China’s graphene field.

The investment arrives after Hubble recently bought stakes in various other companies within the semiconductors, chips, artificial intelligence, and more fields. At the moment, Hubble is the second largest shareholder of the company with a 10 percent stack in the overall shares. Unfortunately, the exact amount invested is currently unknown.

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Fuxi Technology is known for developing and producing graphene thermal film, graphene thermal film, graphene foam film, and more along these lines. Notably, this material has already been introduced to many smartphone manufacturers. Furthermore, the firm already falls under the supply chain of Huawei and offers heat dissipation solutions for smartphones with the “Graphene Liquid Cooling” feature.

Hubble has recently made many strategic investments to boost Huawei’s supply chain, which is now focusing on more domestic sources. With various US sanctions trying to restrict the company even further, the Chinese tech giant has sought to ward off such efforts through its home country and its local firms. As the launch of the Huawei Mate 40 series also grows closer, we might even see graphene thermal film cooling technology within it. Although, that is just a wild speculation.

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