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South China Morning Post
24-06-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Huawei, SMIC struggle to advance chips to 5-nm level, MateBook shows: report
Huawei Technologies continues to face challenges in advancing to the 5-nanometre chip manufacturing process, an analysis of its latest laptop hardware shows, underscoring the impact of US sanctions on the Chinese telecoms equipment giant. Canadian research firm TechInsights found that the newly launched MateBook Fold Ultimate Design laptop features Huawei's Kirin X90 system-on-a-chip (SoC), which is manufactured by China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) using its 7-nm process node, according to a report published last week. The finding dampens speculation that Huawei had made the leap to SMIC's 5-nm process, for which production is difficult to scale because of US sanctions on the sale of the most advanced chipmaking equipment to Chinese fabrication plants. The report comes nearly two years after TechInsights identified that Huawei was using SMIC's 7-nm process for the Kirin chips in its latest smartphones, starting with the Mate 60 Pro. Unveiled in May, the new MateBook Fold is Huawei's first laptop with a foldable display, aimed at competing with similar offerings from Lenovo Group and HP. It runs on Huawei's proprietary HarmonyOS operating system, as the company pushes for self-reliance in both hardware and software. Richard Yu Chengdong, chairman of Huawei's consumer business group, introduces the Huawei MateBook Fold Ultimate Design laptop on May 19. Photo: Weibo Huawei's slow progress in securing 5-nm chips would mean the company is 'multiple generations behind' its US rivals such as Apple , according to the report. Apple's M-series chips have been using Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) 3-nm process for the past two years.
South China Morning Post
20-06-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Huawei opens HarmonyOS 6 to developers, unveils AI agents and cloud architecture updates
Huawei Technologies has unveiled the latest version of its proprietary operating system (OS), HarmonyOS 6, new artificial intelligence (AI) models and its CloudMatrix 384 AI rack architecture, as the Chinese technology giant accelerates efforts to build out its in-house software ecosystem in the face of ongoing US sanctions. The company introduced a beta version of HarmonyOS 6 at its annual developer conference on Friday, highlighting new features such as AI agents. Richard Yu Chengdong, chairman of Huawei's consumer business group, said the update was now available to developers, but did not specify a launch date for consumers. Huawei has installed HarmonyOS 5 on more than 40 device models, with over 8 million developers registered in its ecosystem and more than 30,000 apps and 'atomic services' – mini programs that run without installation – now available, according to Yu. Still, he acknowledged that HarmonyOS trails Apple 's iOS and Google 's open-source Android in terms of global reach and app support. 'But the top 5,000 apps accounted for 99.9 per cent of consumer time spent' on Huawei devices, he said. The company also announced the HarmonyOS Agent Framework, a toolkit that will allow developers to create AI agents – programs that can perform tasks on behalf of users – without the need to build or train foundation models. More than 50 AI agents, including those from Chinese microblogging platform Weibo and audio platform Ximalaya, would be available when HarmonyOS 6 launches publicly, according to Huawei. Richard Yu Chengdong, chairman of Huawei's consumer business group, introduces the company's laptop with a foldable screen running HarmonyOS on May 19. Photo: Weibo In a further push into AI, Huawei unveiled its latest Pangu models, under version 5.5. The latest family of its AI models include a natural language processing model with 718 billion parameters and a computer vision model with 15 billion parameters. Parameters are a machine-learning term for variables present in an AI system during training.
GSM Arena
20-06-2025
- GSM Arena
Huawei unveils HarmonyOS 6 with new AI agent framework, Dev Beta now out
Huawei kicked off its Developer Conference today, and Executive Director Richard Yu took the stage to unveil HarmonyOS 6 - Huawei's next major launch of the in-house software. HarmonyOS 6 brings the usual design polish, tweaks, and improvements, but the OS' most important new feature is the new Intelligent Agent Framework. It aims to bring more human-like and natural interaction between you and HarmonyOS 6's new personal assistant - XiaoYi. The aim here is for the OS to intuitively understand what you want and respond depending on it, instead of relying on simple voice prompts. XiaoYi supports scanning your entire smartphone screen to give you results, similar to Circle to Search. On stage, Huawei showed off HarmonyOS 6's AI framework in action - you can talk to ChatExcel to handle your Excel needs, ask XiaoYi to help you with making apps for HarmonyOS 6, etc. A neat feature of HarmonyOS 6 is Touch and Share. It works between eligible PCs and smartphones (no word yet on which those are but they could be Huawei-exclusive) and allows you to send multiple files, or connect to a game with your friends by simply tapping the phone to the computer's screen. The HarmonyOS 6 Developer Beta Program is now live, and developers can sign up until June 30. Devs need to complete verification with Huawei's Developer Alliance to enroll. The supported devices are the Huawei Mate 70 and 70 Pro, the Mate 60 and 60 Pro, the Mate X5, and the MatePad Pro 11-inch (2024) and MatePad Pro 13.2 (2025). Source | Via 1 | Via 2
Japan Times
20-05-2025
- Business
- Japan Times
Huawei unveils in-house operating system to replace Windows
Huawei Technologies debuted its first in-house operating system for personal computers, offering an alternative to Microsoft's Windows as China pushes to replace American technologies amid rising geopolitical tensions. The company's HarmonyOS is now ready to run on the MateBook Fold, its new foldable laptop, said the head of its consumer business, Richard Yu, on Monday. Huawei is working to make its operating system compatible with more than 2,000 apps, including the popular WeChat and QQ messaging platforms, he said. The laptop features an 18-inch organic light-emitting diode screen when opened flat. Along with the Huawei MateBook Pro and MateBook Fold Ultimate Design laptops, it will be available from June 6. The cheapest model costs 7,999 yuan ($1,100), while others go up to 26,999 yuan, according to Yu. The company also introduced a traditional HarmonyOS-powered laptop for government and enterprise clients. Yu said American tech giants from Microsoft to Apple had failed to support a broad range of devices while they enjoyed full control over the industry. "Windows and MacOS have been dominating the market for decades, leading to high concentration of mainstream app ecosystems and strong barriers,' he said during a live-streamed event. "We chose the difficult but correct path, despite China being a latecomer with a weak foundation.' The HarmonyOS has been Huawei's answer to Alphabet's Android operating system for smartphones, following the imposition of U.S. restrictions in 2019 that cut the Chinese company off from the latest version of the world's most-used mobile platform. An array of the latest Huawei phones, including the Mate 70 and Pura X, are installed with the self-developed software. The entry into the personal computer system underscores Huawei's ambitions to capitalize on the U.S.-China tech decoupling and position itself as a key software provider in the world's second-biggest economy. Huawei is phasing out Windows on its PC product line as China drifts away from American technologies that it can replace. Best known for its hardware — from 5G base stations to trifold smartphones — Huawei is rapidly expanding its software ecosystem through HarmonyOS as it aims to connect all devices via a unified platform. China's PC shipments are projected to grow 3% this year, driven by gaming and artificial intelligence demands, according to research firm Canalys. The government's information security requirement also created a favorable environment for domestic brands.
Business Times
20-05-2025
- Business
- Business Times
Huawei unveils in-house operating system to replace windows
HUAWEI Technologies debuted its first in-house operating system for personal computers, offering an alternative to Microsoft's Windows as China pushes to replace American technologies amid rising geopolitical tensions. The company's HarmonyOS is now ready to run on the MateBook Fold, its latest foldable laptop, consumer chief Richard Yu said on Monday (May 19). Huawei is working to make its operating system compatible with more than 2,000 apps, including the popular WeChat and QQ messaging platforms, he said. The laptop features an 18-inch organic light-emitting diode screen when opened flat. Along with the Huawei MateBook Pro and MateBook Fold Ultimate Design laptops, it will be available from Jun 6. The cheapest model costs 7,999 yuan (S$1,438), ranging up to 26,999 yuan, according to Yu. The company also introduced a traditional HarmonyOS-powered laptop for government and enterprise clients. Yu said American tech giants from Microsoft to Apple had failed to support a broad range of devices while they enjoyed full control over the industry. 'Windows and MacOS have been dominating the market for decades, leading to high concentration of mainstream app ecosystems and strong barriers,' Yu said during a live-streamed event. 'We chose the difficult but correct path, despite China being a latecomer with a weak foundation.' The HarmonyOS has been Huawei's answer to Alphabet's Android operating system for smartphones, following the imposition of US restrictions in 2019 that cut the Chinese company off from the latest version of the world's most-used mobile platform. An array of the latest Huawei phones, including the Mate 70 and Pura X, are installed with the home-made software. The entry into the personal computer (PC) system underscores Huawei's ambitions to capitalise on the US-China tech decoupling and position itself as a key software provider in the world's second-biggest economy. Huawei is phasing out Windows on its PC product line as China drifts away from American technologies that it can replace. Best known for its hardware – from 5G base stations to trifold smartphones – Huawei is rapidly expanding its software ecosystem through HarmonyOS as it aims to connect all devices via a unified platform. China's PC shipments are projected to grow 3 per cent this year, driven by gaming and artificial intelligence demands, according to research firm Canalys. The government's information security requirement also created a favourable environment for domestic brands. BLOOMBERG
