Poor IEEE

The consumers were obviously not the only ones stunned by this product launch.

The live footage had already been uploaded onto Huawei's website and various media outlet platforms.

People were surprised to see that the carbon-based chips were actually real, and Professor Lu wasn't just kidding with them. This reminded them of the IEEE paper that was withdrawn some time ago.

Obviously, the data in the paper wasn't fraudulent.

Suddenly, IEEE was in an awkward position.

Falsely withdrawing a paper and claiming academic misconduct was a violation of academic freedom and a manifestation of academic deception.

If the withdrawal was unanimously agreed by the higher-ups at IEEE, the impact of the Huawei product launch would be a huge blow to the IEEE's reputation in the electronics, computing, and electrical engineering field…