SHANGHAI: The latest U.S. government action against China's Huawei takes direct aim the company's HiSilicon chip division-a business that in a few short years has become central to China's ambitions in semiconductor technology but will now lose access to tools that are central to its success.
HiSilicon's Kirin smartphone processor is now considered to be on par with those created by Apple Inc and Qualcomm Inc -a rare example of an advanced Chinese semiconductor product that competes globally. With the new restrictions，HiSilicon"will be in a situation where they’re not able to manufacture chips at all, or if they do, then they’re not leading edge anymore," says Stewart Randall, who tracks China's chip industry at Shanghai-based consultancy Intralink.
The new U.S. rule requires licenses for companies using U.S. machinery to build Huawei-designed chips and delivered to the Chinese firm. To be sure, the new rule will not catch items shipped to a third party, allowing HiSilicon's fabricators like TSMC the ability to ship chips to HiSilicon’s device manufacturers who can send them directly to a customer.
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