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Huawei laptop teardown shows China’s steps toward tech self-sufficiency (cdn.arstechnica.net)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by W4nd3r3r@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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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.”

Source: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/09/huawei-laptop-teardown-shows-chinas-steps-towards-tech-self-sufficiency/

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[–] Mihies@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

They have a looooong way ahead.

[–] itsmect@monero.town 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

None of the high end chips were made in Chinese fabs, and the device barely qualifies as a "laptop" besides the form factor. For some bizarre reason they used a USB5744 USB 3.2 5Gb/s hub chip, which tells me the following:

Their CPU doesn't even have multiple USB3 interfaces
Their CPU doesn't even have a single 10GB/s USB interface, which has been standard for may years
They don't really care about using local parts only, because they have alternative products like the GL3590

Unless We get better close up tear down photos, this devices primary purpose is propaganda

[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Tech Self sufficiency? On the hardware level, it will take a while. In the software level, I don't think it will ever happen. Yes, the desktop and software suite they use, and the distro they're packaged in are Chinese, But....

the Linux Kernel, the GNU stuff, the systemd stuff, the Freedesktop specifications, Xorg if they still use it, wayland protocols and wlroots, are all developed by people from The West, so if they really want independence, I want to see them replicating all that work from millions of people across the last 30-40 years.