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.