Chip chief says Huawei has backup plan for US ban
The dramatic letter to HiSilicon staff is trending on Chinese social media but light on details
When Huawei found out this week that it had been banned from buying American technology without official US approval, He Tingbo knew her team was prepared. Years before, Huawei’s chip-design unit had secretly started building backup tools precisely for this kind of contingency.
The story, revealed by He in a memo addressed to employees, paints HiSilicon’s efforts in dramatic language laced with historic and biblical references.
“To prepare for a scenario that we never thought would happen, thousands of sons and daughters of HiSilicon embarked on the most tragic and solemn long march in the history of technology,” it reads. “We failed and were perplexed many times, but we never gave up.”
