According to the news on March 24, Xu Zhijun, the rotating chairman of Huawei, said at the “Hardware and Software Tools Pledge Conference” held at Huawei’s headquarters in Bantian, Shenzhen on February 28 that Huawei’s chip design EDA tool team united with domestic EDA companies to jointly create a 14nm or more The EDA tools required for the process have basically realized the localization of EDA tools above 14nm, and their comprehensive verification will be completed in 2023.
Xu Zhijun revealed that Huawei’s software development tool development team has been planning since 2018, striving to build a complete software tool chain from coding, compiling, testing, security, building, publishing to deployment, and adopting a strategy of self-development and joint research and development with partners. Solve tool continuity issues.
This not only strongly supports the software development of the company’s more than 100,000 software engineers, but also provides external services based on Huawei Cloud to achieve internal and external consistency.
Among them, the hardware development tool development team broke through the root technology, introduced a new architecture, released a cloud-native schematic diagram tool, created a high-speed and high-density PCB layout tool, polished two-dimensional/three-dimensional CAD tools for structural design, and laid out hardware multidisciplinary simulation tool.
At the software level, 11 product development tools have been released jointly with partners, and all product lines have been switched to tools released by Huawei itself.
Xu Zhijun said: “Currently, more than 200,000 software developers and 197,000 hardware developers are using the tools developed by us or jointly developed with our partners every month, and 203 companies are willing to pay to use our software tools. It’s a recognition of the development tools team.”
“In the past three years, Huawei has focused on three R&D production lines of hardware development, software development, and chip development. It has worked hard to build our tools and completed the replacement of 78 software/hardware development tools , ensuring the continuity of R&D operations.” Xu Zhijun concluded.
However, Xu Zhijun also emphasized that although Huawei has achieved a lot of breakthroughs in product development tools over the years, there are still many challenges to face , and there are many product development tools that have not made breakthroughs. Talents, complete strategic breakthrough.
It is worth noting that, a few days ago, Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei stated at the Huawei Spark Awards Expert Symposium that Huawei completed the replacement development of more than 13,000 components and the repeated replacement of more than 4,000 circuit boards within three years. board development.
Although Huawei is still in a difficult time, it has not stopped on the way forward.
In 2022, Huawei’s research and development expenditure will reach 23.8 billion U.S. dollars. A few years later, as the company’s profits increase, it will continue to increase investment in frontier exploration.
The following is the full text of Xu Zhijun’s speech:
Breaking through the “Natural Danger of Wujiang River” and Realizing a Strategic Breakthrough——Xu Zhijun’s Speech at the Swearing-in Conference on Hardware and Software Tools
February 28, 2023
Dear partners and colleagues, hello everyone!
Today is both a commendation meeting and an swearing-in meeting. Congratulations to the award-winning teams and individuals in breaking through one of the “Wujiang natural dangers” – product development tool software. Special thanks to all partners and those who have made contributions in the process of tool software research All heroes.
On May 16, 2019, the United States put Huawei on the entity list, and all American products, chips, and devices cannot be provided to Huawei without a license, nor can they provide services to Huawei. For a while, all American companies that provided Huawei with product development tool software and other companies with American components in their products stopped upgrading and providing services. We can only do so from chip design, board design, structural design, simulation verification, and software development. Rely on tool software that cannot be upgraded and has a limited license period, or soon enter a situation where no product development tools are available. This is like the natural danger of the Wujiang River that was on the way of the Red Army back then. Only by breaking through the “natural danger of the Wujiang River” and achieving a strategic breakthrough, can we continue to develop products—that is, to create leading product development tool software from ore and sand to products. Completely get rid of the dependence on development tool software.
First, in the past three years, we have focused on three R&D production lines of hardware development, software development and chip development, worked hard to build our tools, and completed the replacement of 78 software/hardware development tools, ensuring the continuity of R&D operations.
The software development tool development team has been planning since 2018, and strives to create a complete software tool chain from coding, compilation, testing, security, construction, release to deployment, and adopts the strategy of self-development and joint research and development with partners to solve tool continuity question. This not only strongly supports the software development of the company’s more than 100,000 software engineers, but also provides external services based on Huawei Cloud to achieve internal and external consistency.
The hardware development tool development team, with the support and help of partners, broke through the root technology, introduced a new architecture, released a cloud-native schematic diagram tool, created a high-speed and high-density PCB layout tool, and polished the 2D/3D CAD tool for structural design , a hardware multidisciplinary simulation tool is laid out.
The chip design EDA tool team united with domestic EDA companies to jointly create the EDA tools required for processes above 14nm, basically realizing the localization of EDA tools above 14nm, and will complete its comprehensive verification in 2023.
As of today, our joint partners have released 11 product development tools, and all product lines have been switched to our own released tools, and partners and customers can also use them on HUAWEI CLOUD. At present, more than 200,000 software developers and 197,000 hardware developers are using the tools developed by us or jointly developed with our partners every month. At the same time, 203 companies are willing to pay to use our software tools. A recognition from the team.
Second, although we have made a lot of breakthroughs in product development tools over the years, we still face many challenges, and there are many product development tools that have not made breakthroughs. Achieve a strategic breakthrough.
1. The product development tool software that has been put into use and released to the outside world must be user-centered, strive to improve user experience, and continue to optimize based on user needs and technological progress. It is necessary to ensure the continued leadership of tools in order to effectively support product development. Efficiency and quality of engineers.
2. For product development tool software that has not made breakthroughs, such as optical simulation software and multi-physics simulation software, it is necessary to find professionals around the world, and continue to support partners, and use new technologies and new architectures such as cloud and AI to break through key problems .
3. HUAWEI CLOUD needs to develop common and difficult technologies required by some tool software, and let tool developers call them in the form of services to help tool developers quickly launch products and be competitive. It is necessary to establish engineering data standards for tool software and get through the data of tool software. At the same time, it is necessary to support the cloudification of tool software, and work with partners to serve all customers based on HUAWEI CLOUD.
4. The tool software developed by ourselves first serves Huawei internally well, and then provides external services based on HUAWEI CLOUD, which are consistent internally and externally; for tool software jointly developed with tool software manufacturers, HUAWEI CLOUD cooperates with tool software developers to develop with tools The brand of the manufacturer provides services to the outside world. In terms of profit sharing, we need to share less, and tool manufacturers need to share more.
5. It is necessary to promote the establishment of accelerated tool software courses and talent training systems in colleges and universities, and cultivate tool software talents. At the same time, all released tools and software should be used first in colleges and universities, so that students can use these tools and software from the beginning of contact with the tools to form a spark.
“Xiongguan is as long as iron, and now we are moving from the beginning to overcoming”, breaking through the “natural danger of Wujiang River”, the clarion call to achieve a strategic breakthrough has been blown, the battle flag has been awarded, and the soldiers who are looking forward to the development of product development tools and software will join forces on December 31, 2024 , Release all software, hardware, chip… development tools to the society. Let us live up to our mission, live up to our youth, and forge ahead bravely! thank you all!
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