# Futurewei

> Futurewei Technologies is a US-based Huawei affiliate founded in 2001 that conducts ICT research, contributes to open standards and supports open-source communities. Its work spans wireless and optical networks, integrated-circuit research, programming languages, storage and device ecosystems, with an emphasis on reusable technology and industry collaboration.

- **Founded:** 2001
- **Headquarters:** San Jose, United States
- **Products:** Standards and research, Rust ecosystem support, OpenWallet participation, Wolvic ecosystem support, FORCE-RISCV
- **Notable:** More than two decades of participation in ICT standards programs, according to Futurewei., Initial contribution of the FORCE-RISCV processor-verification test generator., Rust Foundation membership since May 2021.

## Products & services

- **Standards and research** — Expert contributions to wireless, IP, optical transmission/access and autonomous-network standards; basic IC research spanning RISC-V architecture, graphics, machine learning, optics and materials.
- **Rust ecosystem support** — Rust Foundation membership and investment in language features, performance and standardization; Rust is an independent community project, not a Futurewei-owned product.
- **OpenWallet participation** — Inaugural Premier membership supporting open-source infrastructure for interoperable digital wallets; the foundation does not itself issue a consumer wallet.
- **Wolvic ecosystem support** — Featured open-source XR browser project maintained by Igalia. Igalia moved the main project into maintenance mode in November 2025.
- **FORCE-RISCV** — Apache-2.0 instruction-sequence generator initially contributed by Futurewei, used to generate tests for RISC-V processor design verification.
- **Storage and device ecosystem development** — Industry collaboration, reference implementations and upstream open-source work intended to improve interoperability and help partners bring solutions to market.
- **Alcor** — Publicly archived cloud-native SDN platform repository in the Futurewei Cloud GitHub organization; not presented here as a currently supported commercial service.

## Achievements

- More than two decades of participation in ICT standards programs, according to Futurewei.
- Initial contribution of the FORCE-RISCV processor-verification test generator.
- Rust Foundation membership since May 2021.
- Inaugural Premier membership in the OpenWallet Foundation in February 2023.
- Sponsorship and co-authorship roles in Linux Foundation research publications.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Wolvic’s FAQ, updated May 25, lists supported devices and describes the project’s funding and technical choices; this is an ecosystem update, not a Futurewei product release.
- **2025-11** — Igalia announced maintenance mode for the main Wolvic project on November 26, after partner strategies and browser-platform conditions changed.
- **2025-09** — A bipartisan House Select Committee letter dated September 14 requested information about Futurewei’s Huawei relationship, governance, funding, standards activities and open-source work. Its allegations are not findings of liability.

## Links

- Website: https://www.futurewei.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/futureweitechnologiesinc
- GitHub: https://github.com/futurewei-cloud

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Last updated: 2026-10-01