Huawei

Huawei is a major in the AI & Data Center segment of the semiconductor & AI supply chain, headquartered in Shenzhen. Its key suppliers include HiSilicon, Chipsea Technologies, SMIC.

Chinese networking and cloud giant; Ascend AI accelerators via HiSilicon.

Headquarters
Shenzhen
Founded
1987
Employees
197,000
Revenue
$100.2B (FY2018)
Market position
major
Value-chain segment
Networking & Systems, Custom Silicon Designers
Key products
Ascend AI accelerator chips, Kunpeng server processors, SuperPoD AI interconnect

About Huawei

Huawei, headquartered in China, operates in the Networking & Systems and Custom Silicon Designers segments of the semiconductor & AI supply chain and is positioned as a market major there. Its key products include Ascend AI accelerator chips, Kunpeng server processors, SuperPoD AI interconnect. wafergraph maps 7 tracked suppliers for Huawei across the value chain.

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. is a Chinese multinational technology conglomerate company headquartered in Longgang, Shenzhen, Guangdong. Its main product lines include telecommunications equipment, consumer electronics, electric vehicle autonomous driving systems, and rooftop solar power products. The company was founded in Shenzhen in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei, a veteran officer of the People's Liberation Army (PLA).

Role in the chain

Huawei is a market major in AI & Data Center (Networking & Systems), headquartered in China. Chinese networking and cloud giant; Ascend AI accelerators via HiSilicon.

Diligence questions

  1. The dataset records 7 tracked suppliers for Huawei. Which of those edges are researched (named in a filing or primary source) versus segment-inferred, and what happens if one of them stops shipping?
  2. 1 of Huawei's tracked suppliers are a monopoly or leader (including Broadcom). Which of those are actually single-source for the process step you care about?
  3. Huawei is headquartered in China. What jurisdiction, export-control or logistics risk sits at that HQ, versus at the fabs or plants the filings actually name?
  4. Huawei is private in this dataset (no ticker). What primary-source filings or audited statements exist, and what is still only a one-liner?
  5. Before treating any edge as a verified relationship, check the provenance labels on the company page and the method note at /methodology.

Full diligence pack for Huawei

Key products

  • Ascend AI accelerator chips
  • Kunpeng server processors
  • SuperPoD AI interconnect

Suppliers

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Compare with

Apple · Alphabet (Google) · Microsoft · Amazon (Annapurna Labs) · Broadcom · Meta Platforms

Sources

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Cite as: wafergraph, “Huawei — supply chain, financials & market position”, https://wafergraph.com/company/huawei (data as of 2026-09-05).

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