Huawei chips are one generation behind US but firm is finding workarounds, CEO says

BEIJING: Huawei Technologies’ chips are one generation behind those of U.S. peers but the firm is finding ways to improve performance through methods such as cluster computing, Chinese state media quoted CEO Ren Zhengfei as saying on Tuesday.

The chipmaker invests 180 billion yuan ($25.07 billion) in research annually and sees promise in compound chips – or chips made from multiple elements – Ren said in an interview in the People’s Daily newspaper of the governing Communist Party.