Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan expressed shock at Huawei’s 100+ top CPU architects, developing alternatives to advanced tools and lithography. He warned China is rapidly closing the semiconductor gap through engineering and infrastructure optimization, even excelling in older tech. Tan also highlighted China’s regulatory speed and the US trailing in open-source AI development, urging immediate action to maintain its chip advantage.
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan has admitted he was “shocked” to discover that Huawei has quietly assembled a team of over 100 top-tier CPU architects—even as the company remains cut off from the world’s most advanced chipmaking tools and design software.Speaking at Intel’s Second Annual AI Summit on February 3, Tan said he stumbled upon Huawei’s talent pipeline…