Posts by pavlecom

Huawei's farewell to Android isn't a marketing move, it's chess

.. chess !? .. then maybe checkmate

This kind of articles is a must, Mate 70 is on a production line.

"Such chutzpah must derive from something special under the hood, right?"

Well, Secret Magic is a Hyper-Threading (SMT) in the Kirin SoC. That Magic made a one node gap less, it brings approx 25% overall performance. To achieve that, it must be included in the OS engine and the app. Therefore, main tech benefit are from a native app's. So, it seems, 7nm equal a bad yield 3nm is a maybe achievable from OS NEXT.

HT in working:

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/RZpd9EI9OE8

An Immersive achievements are birth of this kind of articles, & indeed so.

7nm vs 4nm *no HT

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/oTrz0jdd-4c

Congress to Commerce: Sanction more Chinese chip firms to stop Huawei's evasion

Re: Yields

"The most shocking finding is that when direct comparisons are done on identical IP, the Arm A510 for Huawei’s Kirin 9000S built on SMIC’s N+2 (7nm) and 2022 Qualcomm’s S8G1 built on Samsung’s 4LPX process (4nm). The performance and power consumption of the Arm A510 cores are effectively on par with each other despite the process technology gap, indicating SMIC N+2 is better than most in the west realize. Part of the reason these chips are so close to each other is Samsung’s poor yield and SMIC’s good yield.

Put simply, Kirin 9000S is a better designed chip than the West realizes. "

SemiAnalysis

https://www.semianalysis.com/p/china-ai-and-semiconductors-rise

Ford CEO admits he drives a Chinese electric vehicle and doesn't want to give it up

.. the main issue

"Seeing the same from solar panels, to EVs, it’s cheaper and better due to being sold closer to actual cost of production. The west needs to cut the stockholders and CEO pay scales to compete, not send Yellen to China begging them to cut production rates of needed goods."

Inside EVs

Huawei makes divorce from Android official with HarmonyOS NEXT launch

Re: Is it still a Fake?

"Ars technica .."

Useful info: Android itself has about 30% of Huawei contributed code, developed while they cooperated together. Since they parted away, Android has visibly stagnated in its development, which we can attribute to Huawei's non-participation in it.

".. the company has covered 18 vertical domains to develop native apps. As a result, HarmonyOS NEXT apps can meet 99.9% of consumers’ usage time needs.

They adapted 470+ SDKs to HarmonyOS NEXT. This ultimately lessens the app development workload by 90%. *One-Time-Development App, working on every device, PC, TV, EV, Wearables etc.

.. allocating $851 million annually to attract developers & have an over 6.75 million registered developers on the HUAWEI Developer Programs."

HC

** History of development - 5 mil lines of code / v3.0 - 26 mil / v4.0 - 100 mil. (Win11 have approx 60 ÷ 80 mil)

TSMC blows whistle on potential sanctions-busting shenanigans from Huawei

.. to clarify

"TechInsights dismantled the Ascend 910B AI chip. During exploration, the research team found an advanced TSMC SoC within a multi-chip system of the processor. .. the finding hints at the !stocked components.

Sources mentioned that Huawei launched its Ascend 910B in August 2019, before the sanctions. At that time, the chip used to be produced under the TSMC foundry."

HC, Reuters, Yahoo

Same fuzz as Mate 60 Pro phone has used !stocked SK Hynix's LPDDR5 and NAND flash memory chips.

https://www.huaweicentral.com/tsmc-notified-us-about-its-chip-used-in-huawei-devices-report/

.. bombs, consumer tat, copying !?

"Chinese have been making huge leaps forward. They built their own spacestation, landed on the dark side of the moon, in one fell swoop on mars, and started fabbing 7nm chips. If I was the US I'd be fucking terrified of what happens in the next 5 - 10 years"

Peshman

Addiction on sanctions, bombing, media lies, etc. are not going well at the end, as any addiction ends.

Intel hits back at China's accusations it bakes in NSA backdoors

.. evolving hydra

The NSA are evolve so much that they're even above hardware now, a God mod.

Elizabeth Goitein

@LizaGoitein

If the bill becomes law, any company or individual that provides ANY service whatsoever may be forced to assist in NSA surveillance, as long as they have access to equipment on which communications are transmitted or stored—such as routers, servers, cell towers, etc. 6/25

4:50 PM · Apr 15, 2024

China’s infosec leads accuse Intel of NSA backdoor, cite chip security flaws

Re: This is all too convenient.

The US was running social media troll farms since 2010 with a $200 million per year program funding it.

Deflection tactic meant to try to shift attention away from the leaks about the US' bot and troll farm programs.

https://twitter.com/SteveGuest/status/1318169741131993088

P.S. No, you can't switch off Intel ME, read hackaday link above.

.. flashback

"The idea of the NSA putting hardware in every computer sounds absurd, until you realize it actually happened.

.. Intel has been including a tiny little microcontroller inside their CPUs."

#Flashback #NSA #Intel

https://hackaday.com/2017/12/11/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-intel-management-engine/

China calls for realtime censorship of satellite broadband

Re: .. & another satellite megaconstellation

.. no, they are pursuing this:

Very-Low-Earth-Orbit Satellite Networks for 6G

The direct-to-device (D2D) satellite 6G technology

"In the future, we believe satellites can directly connect to mobile phones, providing broadband connectivity, with data rates similar to those of cellular networks in remote areas. For example, the user data rate should be able to reach 5 Mbit/s for downloads and 500 kbit/s for uploads.

* Maximum downloads with a 0,5 m ground antenna 1,2Gbs.

https://www.huawei.com/en/huaweitech/future-technologies/very-low-earth-orbit-satellite-networks-6g

.. & another satellite megaconstellation

Beijing is currently actively working on the creation of another satellite megaconstellation called Guowang (SatNet), counting ~13.000 satellites.

Tech spec. :

https://www.newspace.im/constellations/gw

Huawei to dump Windows for PCs in favor of its own HarmonyOS

.. 900+ million devices

"HarmonyOS NEXT abandons all traditional foreign elements. It has the first microkernel which is 3 times more efficient than Linux. This kernel is highly secure and has qualified for various industry-higher-level certifications.

HarmonyOS native apps claim to deliver high-quality renderings, faster transitions, more fluent task completion, easy-to-use features, and a comprehensive experience.

During the HDC 2024 event, the Chairman of Huawei Consumer Business Yu Chengdong said HarmonyOS exceeded 900+ million installations.

HarmonyOS NEXT app count exceeds 10000. The figure includes both apps and meta-services.

Input reveals the company has covered 18 vertical domains to develop native apps. As a result, HarmonyOS NEXT apps can meet 99.9% of consumers’ usage time needs. The company adapted 470+ SDKs to HarmonyOS NEXT. This ultimately lessens the app development workload by 90%.

After the HarmonyOS NEXT beta launch (2024), the company kicked off over 6 versions. It also received 1 million+ feedback and suggestions.

Huawei, with the company reportedly allocating 6 billion yuan ($851 million) annually to attract developers. This commitment, combined with over 6.75 million (a 10 times increase in 5 years) registered developers on the HUAWEI Developer Programs, is fueling the expansion of the HarmonyOS app landscape.

900+ million devices already run on HarmonyOS, HarmonyOS has already outperformed iOS in Q1 2024 in China."

HC

* History of development - 5 mil lines of code - v3.0 26 mil - v4.0 100 mil.

Android itself has about 30% of Huawei contributed code, developed while they cooperated together. Since they parted away, Android has visibly stagnated in its development, which we can attribute to Huawei's non-participation in it.

US tightens export controls on quantum kit and chips for China, Iran, Russia

...

"For those companies that follow the US in containing China, it will be challenging to return once they lose the Chinese market."

GT

"US Push to Curb China Chip Tech Economically Motivated: ASML CEO

“I think to make the case that this is about national security is getting harder and harder” said Christophe Fouquet"

AF

https://www.asiafinancial.com/us-push-to-curb-china-chip-tech-economically-motivated-asml-ceo

China outspending US, Taiwan, and South Korea combined on chipmaking kit

Re: P.S.

[correction]

.. a 88 DUVs from ASML ..

P.S.

They make a DUV machine to work like a EUV, so why not buy DUVs in large quantities.

Moreover, they have a patented lithography SAQP tech for making that possible, so certainly have a know-how with DUV machines.

In H1 of this year, they purchase a 44 DUVs from ASML, reasonable why not.

.. maybe the reason

"TechanaLye, a Japanese reverse engineering company, estimated SMIC to be 3 years behind TSMC in technology advancement, after comparing Huawei's Kirin 9010 (SMIC 7nm) with its Kirin 9000 (5nm TSMC). The area of SMIC's 7nm mass-produced chip is 118.4 square millimeters, while TSMC's 5nm chip is 107.8 square millimeters; less than 10% area difference, but the processing performance is basically the same."

The everyone are stunning that SMIC was able to even release a 7nm chip, but to be that good as TSMC 5 nm performance is speechless !

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tech/Semiconductors/China-s-chip-capabilities-just-3-years-behind-TSMC-teardown-showsbilities-just-3-years-behind-TSMC-teardown-showsbilities-just-3-years-behind-TSMC-teardown-shows

China is beating the world at scientific research, think tank finds

Re: They're using a flawed metric

""China leads in semiconductor chip fabrication"???? Really?"

The lithography tech is only a 30% of full production of the semiconductor, aching, packaging & testing machines are big part of it.

China's AMEC have a 80% of the global share of that machines. They are on leading edge in semiconductor tech.

Other is a materials, chemicals etc.

Chinese broadband satellites may be Beijing's flying spying censors, think tank warns

Re: They're ignoring the similar risk for US companies

[Appendix]

Very-Low-Earth-Orbit Satellite Networks for 6G

"In the future, we believe satellites can directly connect to mobile phones, providing broadband connectivity, with data rates similar to those of cellular networks in remote areas. For example, the user data rate should be able to reach 5 Mbit/s for downloads and 500 kbit/s for uploads.

....

A hierarchical control framework with very few ground stations and GEO satellites can achieve global network control, while MEO satellites and LEO/VLEO satellites with ISL capabilities are used for regional and local control. The concept of a space-based core network can be exploited to facilitate global control and reduce propagation delay. For example, some core network functionalities, e.g., user plane function (UPF) and access and mobility management function (AMF), can be placed onboard satellites, so that both control messages and UE traffic are not required to traverse to ground stations with many hops."

* Maximum downloads with a 0,5 m ground antenna 1,2Gbs.

https://www.huawei.com/en/huaweitech/future-technologies/very-low-earth-orbit-satellite-networks-6g

The direct-to-device (D2D) satellite 6G technology.

P.S.

Another satellite constellation called Guowang, China SatNet ...

https://www.newspace.im/constellations/gw

Re: They're ignoring the similar risk for US companies

.. "200 min" are from high orbit, "fast speed net" are from newly low orbit constellation, namely G60, obviously coz of 60GHz .. btw, latency is ~15 microsec. China ÷ US distance.

* Bonus: .. they actively working on the creation of another satellite constellation called Guowang.

Re: They're ignoring the similar risk for US companies

.. unfortunately or not, they already have (with laws of physics) mobile sat call/sms/pic on that way, working even inside a flaying plane, on price 200 min/ $25 a month. So, as I know, Terahertz LEO sat 6G will work in similar, known as IoE, internet of everything.

* Sat5G; 60GHz between sats, 28-32Ghz up/down, to microstations, planes & /down to phones, Sub-6GHz, 3,4 - 3,6 GHz up from phones.

Re: "another firewall on top of that firewall?"

" .. the land area to cover is really huge so power and backhaul is a major issue .. "

Absolutely on point, the cost & affordability & the cheap maintenance is the main target. Cheaper net for everyone, especially for a developing nations. And the China's LEO broadband satellite are the Terahertz Space-Air-Sea-Land Internet, the IoE, Internet of Everything. The 6G technology, connecting IoT & IoV in all-in-one worldwide system.

* For expl. they are already have a cheep sat call/sms/pic thru smartphone, 200 min/ $25 a month. (even working inside the flying plane). A only three satellites are enough for the whole planet coverage of that function. Stunning!

Re: They're ignoring the similar risk for US companies

As I understand, China's Shanghai Satcom will provide, thru LEO satellites, a fast speed 5G (& 6G) net directly to the smartphones, worldwide.

Benefits are, lower latency then the sea cables, full worldwide coverage and much more cheaper annual maintenance then the ground based base stations (& they cover only a 6% of the land).

.. & moon net

"Page thinks "the world may witness the rise of a new digital Iron Curtain extending from space, dividing the free flow of information and imposing state control on a global scale.""

Tolstoy laughing!

" .. likely to offer service that matches the performance of Chinese providers "

Hmm, hope they are informed about: - China's ambitious project - a 30-satellite Earth-Moon superhighway will revolutionize space travel as we know it! This network of satellites will open up new possibilities for expeditions to the Moon and beyond, making space exploration more efficient and accessible. - *speed of the net will be around 4,6Gbs, end scale - 30 people.

China's chip tech still lags the West – by up to five generations

Re: .. scary

Extra: How good is built 9000S, this test shows extremely well; CPU Throttling & Performance vs. SD8gen3 (24 Ultra) .. ! they are on par after 20 min.

https://youtu.be/MC3GmUbXzGw

"Maybe 10 months .." is quite correct.

"A new report states Chinese firms have purchased $26 billion worth of chipmaking tools this year.

Chinese companies have purchased most of the tools from ASML. These firms aim to make more efficient processors using old and unrepaired systems."

BNN Bloomberg

Re: .. scary

SemiAnalysis expertise do not include a little secret "Magic Bullet" in 9000S, a HyperTreading option of overall boost of ~25% (a +50% cpu boost with use of only +20% more power).

That Magic Bullet brings 9000S on par with SD8gen2 in certain circumstances. But, that option needs to be included in the OS engine and in app, to show full use.

It was included, for expl. in the game Honor of Kings, and result is on par with SD8gen2.

* Release date of 9000S is aug. 2023.

No1 in jan. 2023 SD8gen2

https://www.antutu.com/en/doc/129051.htm

No1 in jan. 2022 SD8gen1

https://www.antutu.com/en/doc/126775.htm

** All of that, with a DUV 7nm, is insane bravura of engineering, SoC performance on par with EUV 4nm, are really scary & as SemiAnalysis said, shows an excellent yield rate.

.. scary

"The chip is technically incredible. The performance and power consumption profile in a variety of tests bring it on par with 1 to 2-year-old Qualcomm chips (S888 & S8G1). The RF side of the chip is amazing, using an integrated modem that is on par with Qualcomm’s current best.

The most shocking finding is that when direct comparisons are done on identical IP, the Arm A510 for Huawei’s Kirin 9000S built on SMIC’s N+2 (7nm) and 2022 Qualcomm’s S8G1 built on Samsung’s 4LPX (4nm) process. The performance and power consumption of the Arm A510 cores are effectively on par with each other despite the process technology gap.

Put simply, Kirin 9000S is a better designed chip than the West realizes. It has solid power and performance. Even with the lackluster export controls, this is a leading edge chip that would be near the front of the pack in 2021, yet was done with no access to EUV, no access to cutting edge US IP, and intentionally hampered. We cannot overstate how scary this is."

SemiAnalysis (el. microscope forensic)

* Extra: "Huawei has been planning to shift the licensing part from the device to the component level. Doing so will unchain phone makers from heavy charges in patent licensing. This will further transfer the fee pressure on chipmakers, lowering the prices of devices."

HC

Nvidia's growth slows to a mere 122 percent but it’s still topping expectations

.. cause & effect

Drop are mainly coz of China massively moved Ai on theirs supercomputers, and ofc there is a new Ascend 910C Ai card by Huawei, choice of Baidu, ByteDance & China Mobile in a fitst row.

Nvidia Ai ballooning & exaggerated worth will eventually burst, mainly because their projection are based on the good sell in China's market.

China AI devs use cloud services to game US chip sanctions

.. forbid & then sell services, not the forbidden product

It is good for a profit, as usual US lame tactic, and all of that wrapped, as always, on sour coating of, national security & military fear-mongering.

Benefits are; bigger profit (prices are up coz of fabricated ban), and 'sweet' data & flaw of it are on/thru NSA servers. China high-science is on the hands of NSA is an end result & with a bonus result, a big extra profit. What a perversion isn't it. (but pathetic in nowadays)

"In China, AWS is the sixth-largest cloud service provider, according to research firm IDC.

Anthropic said it does not support or allow customers or end-users within China to access Claude.

“However, subsidiaries or product divisions of Chinese-headquartered companies may use Claude if the subsidiary itself is located in a supported region outside of China,” an Anthropic spokesperson said. ....

Washington was planning to introduce new rules that would require firms like Amazon and Microsoft to verify the identity of foreign entities who sign up for their services through a “know-your-customer programme”.

The proposed rule faced stiff pushback from the cloud industry."

AF - Reuters

When it comes to cloud, it's China against the world

"Chinese companies should also have a local partner .. "

https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/22/walmart_divests_jd_stake/

"Walmart and JD.com entered a "strategic cooperation" in June 2016, which saw the two collaborate on e-commerce – including the launch of some China-based flagship stores."

.. moreover

"However, slotting into fourth place on the global stage ahead of Oracle and Salesforce is Chinese cloud and e-commerce giant Alibaba."

.. moreover, "Alibaba Cloud's Qwen2 has already secured its position as the world's most powerful open source big model."

VOC

China's top Office clone copies Microsoft again – with an inconvenient outage

Re: How Does Kingsoft Make Money?

Elizabeth Goitein

@LizaGoitein

If the bill becomes law, any company or individual that provides ANY service whatsoever may be forced to assist in NSA surveillance, as long as they have access to equipment on which communications are transmitted or stored—such as routers, servers, cell towers, etc. 6/25

4:50 PM · Apr 15, 2024

! Wireshark is speechless.

Chinese chip equipment maker AMEC sues Pentagon for entity list removal

AMEC Sues US Over ‘Military’ Tag

"Chinese chip equipment maker Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment (AMEC), is suing the US defence department for labelling it as a “Chinese Military Company”.

In a statement, AMEC called the designation “erroneous, factually incorrect, without legal basis, and in violation of due process”."

AF

Huawei's Ascend 910 launches this October to challenge Nvidia's H100

.. duv as equal as euv

Huawei Kirin 9000S electronic microscope pro forensic:

"The most shocking finding is that when direct comparisons are done on identical IP, the Arm A510 for Huawei’s Kirin 9000S built on SMIC’s N+2 (7nm) and 2022 Qualcomm’s S8G1 built on Samsung’s 4LPX (4nm) process. The performance and power consumption of the Arm A510 cores are effectively on par with each other despite the process technology gap.

Put simply, Kirin 9000S is a better designed chip than the West realizes. .. We cannot overstate how scary this is."

SemiAnalysis

So Ascend 910C can be impressive too as it seems.

* Moreover, Alibaba Cloud's Qwen2 has already secured its position as the world's most powerful open source big model.

Would you rather buy space broadband from a billionaire, or Communist China?

.. easy

I choose Chinese coz they will be better, faster, cheaper & more secure by my opinion. Moreover, they are ofc anti-nazi, anti-fascist & anti-endless-war hi-tech oriented.

The main point is, their future low orbit net is 6G based, IoE, internet of everything, a space-air-sea-land network. They already have a 6x test 6G satellites in the Orbit for the past 3 years (1st launched in 2019). Obviously requirement is only a sat-chip inside the phone (like Mate 60 Pro), with no sat-dish at all, more suitable for daily use.

Curiosity: Mount Everest have a 5G same as China Space Station 5G++ (1,6Gbs). Beijing have a 5G-A from this year (4,6Gbs), a start point for IoV, internet of vehicles.

China’s preferred desktop Linux, openKylin, chases the AI PC in version 2.0

.. moreover

Huawei - HarmonyOS Next - PC is coming this year with full Ai features. That's something.

Tesla recalls over 1.6M electric cars in China for faulty hood lock

Re: Tesla is essentially a meme stock

True indeed, and > idol & Musk's "AI" story and robotaxi promises .. < is a good observation and more then a truth. Nvidia Ai goes on similar way. The Ballooning economy worth is weak as is.

On top of that, Stanford University reports that China produces more AI research papers than any other country and holds the most AI patents.

Intel to shed at least 15% of staff, will outsource more to TSMC, slash $10B in costs

Re: Two things missing

>There is also a problem with some layers in the CPU oxidising ..<

About that issue, Huawei accuses TSMC for deliberately doing that on some layers, they said they have a proof. It causes a processors to lose their performance & stability within few years of use.

China starts testing national cyber-ID before consultation on the idea closes

.. coming soon

As it seems a Gattaca & Demolition Man is right around the corner. .. btw, good movies.

Uncle Sam sues TikTok for 'extensive' data harvesting from millions of kids

.. "honor"

It's on a state level, like O.J. Simpson case, the start point, when the "honor" goes straight down to the toilet, so corporations in the state goes in line of the state honor.

.. an excuse

Just created an excuse for shutdown of TikTok coz they not have a full control over them. Only one free social media outlet is "a danger to our democracy" and Trump election issue. That's all.

Kaspersky says Uncle Sam snubbed proposal to open up its code for third-party review

Re: I dropped Kaspersky for one reason

And what about US continuing to by titanium and uranium from Russia ?

Moreover: "Last year, seven international standards were adopted based on Russian GOSTs. In high-tech industries — in the rocket and space industry, in the railway industry, in aircraft manufacturing. My favorite example is the Russian standard for cyberdefense methods for nuclear power plant control systems, which has become international standard," Shalaev said.

So Russian Kaspersky is really really good as it seems.

First-time buyers, especially in China, help Apple to quarterly revenue record

.. dear Apple

That is was it is, in most competitive market in the world. But don't worry, the cavalry is coming:

"Apparently, the threshold will be lowered so much that a product with just a single chip (*or just one screw) made with American tech will be subject to export rules.

ASML, in April US got the company to stop servicing chipmaking tools located in China."

El Reg

So, everything will be just alright, & pathetic as usual. Free market, healthy competition, or not so healthy if you must kidnap the daughter of your competitor when you're losing. And other cavalry (government) stuff, including all sorts of sanctions & distort media manipulations. Qui sera sera.

* just an insertation

Germany names China as source of attack on government geospatial agency

P.S.

.. & utterly disgusting.

.. oh-ah my gosh

Just thinking, is that Merkel finds the cyber intruder, a king of espionage act as last time, or Germany find who blows the main source of their "healthy" vassal economy, North Stream pipe lines.

Any thinking of US, in any form, is complicit in any of those acts including the act mentioned in the article, is more than an nonsense indeed.

Upcoming US export rules on chipmaking tools won't apply to friendly countries

.. more info

"The planned new rule is only in draft form and could change, but the aim is to publish it in some form in August, the sources said."

"US official who declined to be identified. “We continually work with like-minded countries to achieve our shared national security objectives.”"

Reuters

"Like-minded countries", lol, by threats and all other US ways of "friendly" diplomacy. There-can-be-the-only-one moronic stance.

Globalisation, Cooperation, etc. rhetoric used for decades, for one and only propose, to have a control on almost everything. Sanctions junky & pathetic USA, pity as well.

* Do not forget "Free Internet" from the same rhetoric & absolutely for a same reason, as we all know that, especially in the last years.

China stops worrying about lack of GPUs and learns to love the supercomputer

.. overcome in a short term

Very good solution indeed. Domestics GPUs & solutions will come in midtime. Every obstacle is for overcome.

"Chinese have been making huge leaps forward. They built their own spacestation, landed on the dark side of the moon, in one fell swoop on mars, and started fabbing 7nm chips. If I was the US I'd be fucking terrified of what happens in the next 5 - 10 years"

Peshman

Open source AI helped China catch up to the world, researchers reckon

Re: Does the west have a forty year plan?????

.. yes they have, like always, endless wars & other atrocities around the globe. To be fair, it's a everlasting plan as is.