These technologies sit at the centre of a galaxy of Chinese start-ups that rely on Huawei’s platform to build their applications for face and voice recognition, pattern identification and other purposes. Increasingly, these will become the foundation of China’s digital exports to Asia and elsewhere.
Huawei Technologies’ Mate 60 phone was sold out within days of its quiet launch. This achievement has several implications for future business activity in China.
Technologically, the Mate 60 is built around the Kirin 9000s chip. The processor is the first to use Chinese chipmaker SMIC’s 7-nanometre manufacturing technology. The phone also uses the latest Huawei-designed Harmony operating system and AI algorithms.
