The Trump administration’s sanctions are hitting Huawei hard, and the Chinese tech giant now says it will run out of processors chips for its smartphones by September without access to U.S. venders, according to a weekend Associated Press report.
The Trump administration’s sanctions are hitting Huawei hard, and the Chinese tech giant now says it will run out of processors chips for its smartphones by September without access to U. S. venders, according to a weekend Associated Press report. Huawei, one of the world’s leading telecommunications providers, has been blacklisted since May 2019 from sourcing components for its devices from U. S. companies under an executive order from President Donald Trump. In a sweeping escalation of the ongoing tech feud between the U. S. and China, the ban targeted several foreign companies that intelligence officials argued could pose a threat to national security. In recent months, the White House further ramped up restrictions and the Federal Communications Commission designating Huawei a national security risk, and the fallout has left Huawei scrambling. While Huawei’s own engineers design one of its most advanced processors, the Kirin chip, production is handled by contractors that rely on U. S. manufacturing technology, Richard Yu, president of the company’s consumer unit, said at the China Info 100 industry conference on Friday per AP.
