The latest US government action against 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.
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The Trump administration on Friday moved to block shipments of semiconductors to Huawei Technologies from global chip makers, in an action that could ramp up tensions with China.
China is ready to put US companies in an “unreliable entity list” as part of countermeasures against Washington’s move to block shipments of semiconductors to Huawei Technologies, the Global Times reported on Friday.
Regulators are moving to let US companies participate in technology standards-setting bodies alongside Huawei Technologies, despite the Chinese firm being blacklisted in the US over security concerns.
The White House plans to hold a conference with Huawei’s rivals to try to accelerate development of affordable competing 5G wireless technology, President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser said.
Apple is planning to bring 5G to the iPhone next spring, more than a year behind some rivals. The company can ill afford to let the timing slip.
The Trump administration proposed new regulations on Tuesday to toughen national security reviews of foreign investments in US companies involved in technology and infrastructure.
Samsung and Huawei took turns announcing new mobile processors at the IFA technology show in Berlin last week, and the big thing the new chips have in common is an integrated 5G modem.
Qualcomm has said that telecommunications service providers need to jump on new technology coming to Wi-Fi or risk losing the chance to exploit the flood of data being created by their customers.
Apple is to acquire chip maker Intel’s smartphone modem division for $1-billion to bolster its attempt to build its own line of 5G chips and lessen its dependence on Qualcomm.