The Briefing Room
General Category => Economy/Business => Topic started by: Wingnut on August 09, 2020, 08:13:39 pm
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Huawei, the world’s biggest smartphone vendor, says it’s running out of processor chips because of US sanctions against the company, The Associated Press reported. And according to Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei’s consumer business unit, as of next month the Chinese phone manufacturer will no longer be able to make its own Kirin chipsets due to the ongoing economic pressure from the US.
“Unfortunately, in the second round of U.S. sanctions, our chip producers only accepted orders until May 15. Production will close on Sept. 15,†Yu said at a conference August 7th. “This year may be the last generation of Huawei Kirin high-end chips.†Huawei’s upcoming Mate 40 phone, scheduled for release in September, could be the last phone with a Kirin chip.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/9/21360598/huawei-chips-us-sanctions-trump-china-privacy-smartphone (https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/9/21360598/huawei-chips-us-sanctions-trump-china-privacy-smartphone)
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Huawei is one of the most devious corporations on the planet. Their success relies totally upon stealing technology from other companies, countries, etc. They single-handedly put Lucent out of business by stealing their most advanced products and replicating them. I can only imagine how much they gained by openly raiding top secret files from the US Patent Office during John Huang's tenure at Commerce under Clinton. They wouldn't even have a smart phone without stealing it from someone else.
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Golly looks like they’re gonna hafta fund their own R&D and rely on their own talent from now on.
Wouldn’t have happened without Trump. Just sayin.