CHINA-US: HUAWEI DEVELOPED "ALTERNATE CHIPS" FOR EVENTUALITY OF U.S. BANNING EXPORTS TO CHINA
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According to a recently leaked letter from He Tingbo, President of Huawei's chip unit HiSilicon, the Chinese smartphone giant anticipated years ago that the U.S. government might “suppress” the company and cut channels for it to acquire chip-related technology from the U.S., and has developed “alternative chips” for just such a scenario — though it did not expect the situation to actually happen. He Tingbo's letter said the U.S. made an “insane” decision to put Huawei on the blacklist “with no evidence,” adding that “history has made the choice” to put all reserved alternative chips into formal use “in one night.” Huawei had said late Thursday that it would pursue “remedies immediately and find a resolution” in response to the U.S. Department of Commerce effectively banning the company from doing business in the U.S.
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