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Huawei to Cease Production of Kirin Smartphone SoCs Due to U.S. Sanctions

posted by martyb on Sunday August 09 2020, @07:41AM   Printer-friendly
from the winning-battles-while-losing-the-war? dept.

takyon writes:

Huawei to stop making flagship chipsets as U.S. pressure bites, Chinese media say:

Huawei Technologies Co will stop making its flagship Kirin chipsets next month, financial magazine Caixin said on Saturday, as the impact of U.S. pressure on the Chinese tech giant grows.

U.S. pressure on Huawei's suppliers has made it impossible for the company's HiSilicon chip division to keep making the chipsets, key components for mobile phone, Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei's Consumer Business Unit was quoted as saying at the launch of the company's new Mate 40 handset.

[...] "From Sept. 15 onward, our flagship Kirin processors cannot be produced," Yu said, according to Caixin. "Our AI-powered chips also cannot be processed. This is a huge loss for us."

Huawei's HiSilicon division relies on software from U.S. companies such as Cadence Design Systems Inc or Synopsys Inc to design its chips and it outsources the production to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), which uses equipment from U.S. companies.

Also at PhoneArena.

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Sunday August 09 2020, @01:05PM (2 children)

    by takyon (881) <{takyon} {at} {soylentnews.org}> on Sunday August 09 2020, @01:05PM (#1033776) Journal

    My understanding is that TSMC was allowed to finish fabbing their existing orders for Huawei, which included a "5nm" Kirin SoC.

    TSMC Confirms Halt to Huawei Shipments In September [anandtech.com]
    Huawei’s 2021 flagship could use a third-party 5nm chipset [gizmochina.com]

    This comment by the insider is a bit confusing especially if you have been reading reports about the 5nm Kirin 1000 or 1020 that’s all set to launch this year. But here, he’s talking about 5nm chips for Huawei’s 2021 flagships and not the upcoming Mate 40.

    [...] There was also a recent report which said that Huawei has placed an urgent order with the TSMC for 5nm chips. This means Huawei’s upcoming Kirin 1000 or 1020 (name is yet to be confirmed) 5nm chipset can still be manufactured by TSMC and released on schedule.

    That story suggests they will buy SoCs (Dimensity 1XXX?) from MediaTek starting in 2021. Assuming they are allowed to.

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  • (Score: 2) by driverless on Sunday August 09 2020, @01:13PM (1 child)

    by driverless (4770) on Sunday August 09 2020, @01:13PM (#1033782)

    Sure, and even beyond 2021 I'm sure they've got a plan B. And C. And D. They wouldn't give up just like that.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 09 2020, @01:18PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 09 2020, @01:18PM (#1033788)

      The plan is America having a new president in January.