Huawei Announces Breakthrough in Semiconductor Development, Aiming for 1.4nm Transistor Density by 2031
Huawei announced what it described as a breakthrough in advanced semiconductor development, claiming it expects to reach transistor density equivalent to 1.4-nanometer-class chips by 2031, a milestone it says could help China reduce reliance on foreign chip technology amid ongoing U.S. export restrictions, Reuters' Che Pan, Eduardo Baptista, and Casey Hall report. Shares in semiconductor companies with exposure to Asia, including Wolfspeed (WOLF) and Semtech (SMTC), are moving higher in premarket trading, with Wolfspeed up 10% and Semtech up 6.4%.