Huawei Touts Progress Replacing Chip Design Software Led by US
- The Chinese company is working with domestic partners
- Huawei cannot secure foreign technology due to US sanctions
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Huawei Technologies Co. has developed software tools capable of designing chips as advanced as 14 nanometers, advancing efforts to help Chinese companies sidestep US sanctions and replace American technology.
The telecom leader’s inhouse teams worked with domestic partners to build tools required for creating chips considered a few generations behind cutting-edge, Rotating Chairman Eric Xu said. It plans to verify the products — known as electronic design automation or EDA software — this year, Xu added.