Huawei empowers global innovation with an open, reliable computing alternative

Huawei has reinforced its commitment to openness and collaborative innovation by hosting its first General-purpose Computing Forum at GITEX 2025. The event brought together global analysts, open-source community representatives, industry experts, and technology leaders to discuss emerging computing trends, ecosystem development, and best practices driving digital transformation across key sectors.

Discussions during the forum emphasized a shared vision for the future of computing — one defined by openness as the foundation of an intelligent world.

“As a pioneer on this open path, Huawei is deeply committed. We adhere to the principle of open hardware, open-source software, partner empowerment, and joint ecosystem development,” said Michael Chang, President of Huawei Computing Marketing & Solution Sales Department.

Chang highlighted that open ecosystems such as Arm, spanning hardware, software, and operating systems, enable broader choices, reduce barriers to entry, and foster continuous innovation. Huawei’s computing ecosystem has already grown to include over 6 million developers, 8,000 partners, and 22,000 certified solutions globally. Its Kunpeng hardware powers mission-critical applications across sectors including finance, energy, public services, telecommunications, and manufacturing.

“We aim to co-build a sustainable global computing ecosystem with industry partners, providing an open and reliable computing alternative for the Middle East and the world,” Chang added.

Hu Zhengce, Vice President of Huawei Middle East & Central Asia ICT Marketing & Solution Sales Department, elaborated on Huawei’s advancements in both hardware and software.

“On the hardware front, Kunpeng continues to evolve with more cores and higher performance. In software, Huawei has stayed true to open-source innovation for over six years,” Hu said.

He noted that Huawei has open-sourced a range of technologies including openUBMC firmware management, openEuler OS, openGauss database, openFuyao computing cluster software, and BiSheng JDK and compilers. This year, Huawei extended that openness further with BoostKit for application enablement and the KUPL high-performance computing framework, helping customers and developers achieve seamless integration, faster deployment, and simplified maintenance.

The forum attracted participants from across the Middle East, Central Asia, Africa, and other regions, including representatives from telecommunications, finance, public services, energy, manufacturing, and academia. Speakers observed that the computing industry is undergoing its most significant infrastructure transformation in two decades, driven by three major trends:

• Open source becoming mainstream

• Heterogeneous computing emerging as the new benchmark

• The global Arm ecosystem reaching maturity

As a cornerstone of the Arm ecosystem, Huawei Kunpeng has achieved a 25% market share in China by the end of 2024 and is now poised to accelerate digital intelligence development across the Middle East and Central Asia.

Through continued investment in open innovation, ecosystem collaboration, and technology accessibility, Huawei is paving the way for a new era of intelligent, inclusive computing.