Huawei unveils cutting-edge ‘big data’ chip as China pushes for reduced reliance on technology imports

  • New chip is aimed at serving the needs of corporate data centres which process and parse huge amounts of information
  • In-house designed chip should help Huawei to reduce reliance on imports

Li Taoin Shenzhen
William Xu, chief strategy marketing officer at Huawei Technologies, shows off the Kunpeng 920 chip during its unveiling ceremony in Shenzhen, China, on Monday. Photo: AP

Huawei Technologies, the world’s largest telecommunications equipment vendor, on Monday unveiled a new cutting-edge central processing unit (CPU) and server series aimed at handling big data, which should help to reduce its reliance on imports at a time of growing trade tensions between China and the US.

The new CPU, called Kunpeng 920, uses a 7-nanometre process which significantly improves processor performance – outstripping the industry benchmark by 25 per cent – while lowering power consumption by about 30 per cent compared to competitors, according to a Huawei press release on Monday.

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