China's chip design software industry supports Huawei's new architecture for advanced chips, but faces significant challenges in catching up to US competitors. Key players like Empyrean Technology are backing the initiative, though market dominance remains a steep climb.

China’s chip design software industry is rallying behind Huawei Technologies’ ambitious new architecture aimed at producing chips that can rival leading global products, but analysts warn a steep uphill climb remains before local players can break the market stranglehold of US rivals. Empyrean Technology, a major Chinese electronic design automation (EDA) provider, became the latest supporter of the new chipmaking methodology. The company recently unveiled Argus, a new physical verification...