'We're not that strong.' Huawei founder says it lags US in chip making

Beijing | Huawei's founder says the US is exaggerating the Chinese chipmaker's capabilities and played down his company's technology amid trade talks between Beijing and Washington that include discussions of export controls. In a rare interview with China's state-run People's Daily on Tuesday, Ren Zhengfei said Huawei's Ascend chip, the main rival to Nvidia's products in China, "still lags behind the US by one generation". He added that the "US has exaggerated Huawei's capabilities - we're not that strong yet". Loading… Financial Times