Huawei's chief semiconductor scientist sat down for a four-hour interview in late July and told a Chinese audience that Nvidia is heading for a wall. Liao Heng argued that the pursuit of ever-smaller transistors has almost run out of room, and that the companies leading that race will hit the ceiling too.Coming from a company cut off from the tools that race requires, the claim invites an obvious question about motive. The more interesting question is whether he happens to be right, and the answer turns out to be less comfortable for Nvidia than the source suggests.About The AuthorAt heart, I am a storyteller drawn to the watershed moments that bend the technology landscape. I braid narrative with data, humanise statistics, and trace the arc from first spark to world-changing impact. My reportage, features and reviews are witty, sardonic, visual and vivid, using anecdote to illuminate rather than eviscerate.
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