Huawei forced US sanctions to discontinue production of high-end Kirin chips

Huawei, a Chinese electronic device maker and the second largest smartphone shipment in the world in 2019, was forced to stop the production of the latest high-end chipset compatible with 5G due to sanctions by the US government Has been revealed.

Update: Huawei Says Supply of Flagship Chipsets to End Under US Sanctions-Caixin Global
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US sanctions force Huawei to stop making Kirin chips
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4018775/us-sanctions-huawei-kirin

Huawei CEO Richard Yu Chengdong said in a technology industry forum that it will stop producing the company's high-end chipset, the Kirin 9000, from September 15, 2020. ..

“We can't even manufacture our AI-powered chips (Kirin 9000), which is a big loss for us. This has resulted in Huawei's smartphones not supplying chips, so we shipped 240 million units this year. It seems that it will be slightly lower than that.'

The United States tightened regulations on Huawei in May 2020, prohibiting suppliers from using Huawei components to manufacture Huawei components without permission from the government.

Huawei not only stopped Android support due to the presidential decree that President Donald Trump ``prohibits trading foreign products with information communication risks'' in 2019, but also with chip makers such as Intel and Qualcomm Trading is also being halted .

Google has stopped Huawei's Android support, it seems that future Huawei smartphones will not be able to use Google services such as Google Play at all-GIGAZINE

As a result, Huawei has been enthusiastically manufacturing its own chips, but it relies on software from American companies to design its own chips. In addition, TSMC, which is responsible for Huawei's chip manufacturing, also uses equipment from American companies, so this regulation will prevent Huawei from manufacturing chips.

TSMC is also reported to have suspended new orders from Huawei since May 2020 to comply with US government orders since May. Losing big customers like Huawei isn't ideal for TSMC, but thanks to strong demand for infrastructure, 5G smartphones and high-spec computing products, the company's revenue will be 20% in 2020. It is increasing over.

Due to Huawei's inability to manufacture advanced chipsets, we have no choice but to stop production of the Kirin 9000. However, Huawei can continue to manufacture the Kirin chip in the middle range that is adopted for cheap smartphones, so it seems that not all of the company's smartphones will be suspended.

Qualcomm, a chip maker, is reported to continue lobbying the US government to supply chips to Huawei, and according to the Wall Street Journal , Qualcomm said, ``Huawei is a chip of MediaTek or Samsung. If we switch, American tech companies lose control of the 5G market,' he claims.