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

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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