China’s demand that the public sector step up use of domestic semiconductors can best be seen within Huawei’s Qingyun L540 laptop.
The “safe and reliable” device features a self-designed processor and a Chinese-made operating system, having stripped out foreign-made components and software as much as possible.
The computer, which is being snapped up by governments and state groups across the country, has become the signature model of China’s localization campaign known as Xinchuang, or “IT application innovation.”
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In terms of cutting edge chip production they’re well behind - think lithography.
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Interesting, but for the time being lets call it vaporware. It’ll be really interesting if they actually make it work.
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Let’s see, it’ll certainly be an interesting development in any scenario.