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| Huawei takes a step forward in the field of optoelectronics |
The photovoltaic project built by China Construction Eighth Engineering for Chinese company Huawei was completed this week and provides the company with the functionality of semiconductor supply chain and chip design and manufacture. Packing and testing.
According to an article from the company that built the facility, the second phase of Huawei's Light Fab project covers an area of about 210,000 square meters and is part of Huawei's largest R&D center in central China.
The contribution: The plant will focus on applications such as smart terminals and optics, and the final project will be Huawei's first semiconductor plant in China.
This facility can help Huawei build a complete supply chain for semiconductor design, manufacturing, packaging and testing.
Optical electronic devices, including lasers, are the main technology in optical fiber communication systems.
The post did not specify which photovoltaic production equipment was used at the facility.
Most optoelectronic devices use older generation chips instead of the newer generation required for advanced chips in smartphones and computers.
This development is necessary amid continued pressure from the US government to ban the use of advanced technologies for smartphones and 5G network products.
Chinese market leader Xi Jinping has urged Chinese technology companies to work on their own behalf in basic technologies such as semiconductors.
He Hui, senior semiconductor analyst at Omdia, a technology-driven market research firm, said the new chip project should not alleviate the crisis facing Huawei by preventing the use of US semiconductor technology.
Huawei announced in June this year that the Cambridge municipal government, UK, had approved the first phase of its optoelectronic R&D center and manufacturing center.
Huawei said the first phase of the project will invest one billion pounds ($ 1.3 billion), including building 50,000 square feet of facilities on 9 acres of land, creating around 400 local jobs.
Once the Cambridge facility is fully operational, it will become the international headquarters for Huawei's optoelectronics business.