Huawei gets a smartphone lifeline as Qualcomm given permission to supply chips
Qualcomm has told Reuters it has received licenses from the US authorities to supply Huawei with a bunch of products.
Qualcomm has told Reuters it has received licenses from the US authorities to supply Huawei with a bunch of products.
Gadget giant Apple has launched its first Macs using a souped-up version of its mobile chip instead of Intel ones.
Chip giant Qualcomm reported strong quarterly and annual revenues, and profits, on the back of strong market enthusiasm for 5G products.
US chip giant Intel is finally gaining some telecoms credibility, having been picked as a partner for Dish’s greenfield 5G network.
The US embargo has made it almost impossible for Huawei to buy chips, so it has no alternative but to develop the capability to make them for itself.
US semiconductor company AMD has decided to roll the mega-merger dice once more with the acquisition of Xilinx, which will bring it into contact with the telecoms sector.
Embattled Chinese smartphone maker Huawei has overcome the odds to debut the latest and greatest version of its Kirin SoC in the new Mate 40 Pro smartphone.
US mobile chip giant Qualcomm has launched a new portfolio of chips that take aim at the 5G radio access network market.
Embattled Chinese vendor Huawei is apparently having to consider drastic measures thanks to US restrictions on its supply chain.
It looks like the US is imposing export restrictions on Chinese chip fab SMIC, which could be the last straw that tips China into a full-blown political response.
The spectacle of one Chinese company requiring US permission to do business with another Chinese company perfectly illustrates the paradox of globalisation.
Performance chip maker Nvidia wants to buy chip designer Arm, but with many of Nvidia’s direct competitors also Arm customers it’s hard to see how the deal could be approved.
It has been reported that the US government is thinking of putting SMIC on its entity list, which would confer similar restrictions to those afflicting Huawei.
Taiwanese chip-maker Mediatek reportedly thinks it can supply Huawei without getting put on the US naughty step, but is double-checking just to make sure.
Yet another set of restrictions have been placed by the US on Huawei and anyone even slightly associated with it.
In February of this year the US Federal Trade Commission won a ruling that Qualcomm’s chip licensing practices were anticompetitive. That has just been overturned.
At a recent conference the head of Huawei’s consumer unit revealed that supplies of its smartphone processors have dried up.
US chip giant Intel reported strong revenues for Q2 2020, but a downbeat outlook compounded by its continued struggles with the 7nm process drove its share price down by 12%.
The apparent SoftBank fire sale looks set to continue with the rumour that even crown jewel ARM is on the table.
Much has been made of Nokia’s apparent exclusion from the Chinese 5G market, but a new deal with China Unicom indicates such reports may have been an exaggeration.
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