Netease Technology News, August 9 news, according to the Wall Street Journal on Saturday, local time, because Huawei was included in the control blacklist by the US government, chip manufacturer Qualcomm is lobbying the US government to request the removal of restrictions on the sale of parts to Huawei.

According to the report, Qualcomm has been pressured by the Trump administration to allow the sale of parts and components to Huawei, saying that the current restrictive policies of the U.S. government may give away revenue to foreign competitors, but it has not been able to prevent Huawei from gaining zero. part.

According to a report quoted by the Wall Street Journal, Qualcomm is lobbying the US government for the sale of chips to Huawei, including the 5G chips used in Huawei's 5G smartphones. Qualcomm must obtain a license from the US Department of Commerce before it can sell and send semiconductor components to Huawei.

According to the report, due to the governance restrictions of the United States government, the United States cedes a market worth $8 billion annually to Qualcomm's foreign competitors. For example, MediaTek and Samsung Electronics are the beneficiaries of this restrictive policy by the US government. MediaTek said its investment in 5G technology has allowed it to win customers around the world.

In response to the above news, Qualcomm did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the media.

Last month, Qualcomm resolved its patent licensing dispute with Huawei. Huawei will pay Qualcomm US$1.8 billion in the fourth quarter. However, currently, due to US government restrictions, Huawei is still prohibited from buying Qualcomm chips.

In early August, there were media reports that Huawei and Qualcomm signed a purchase letter of intent. However, Huawei has also signed a letter of intent for cooperation and a large purchase order with MediaTek, and the order amount exceeds 120 million chips. This data far exceeds Qualcomm.

Last Friday, at the 2020 Summit of the China Information Technology Association, Yu Chengdong said that due to US sanctions, Huawei's global leading Kirin series chips cannot be manufactured after September 15 and will become a swan song.

Yu Chengdong said that in the past ten years, Huawei's exploration in the field of chips has gone from seriously backward, to relatively backward, to leading, to being blocked. "We have invested huge research and development, but unfortunately, in the field of semiconductor manufacturing, Huawei did not participate. We only do chip design, not chip manufacturing. Many of our very powerful chips cannot be manufactured. We said that to solve these problems, we need technology. Innovation, technology, technology, technology."

On May 15 this year, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that it would extend Huawei’s provisional supply license for 90 days to August 14, but at the same time it upgraded the control of Huawei’s chips-wafer manufacturers that produce chips for Huawei outside the United States , As long as you use American semiconductor production equipment, you need to apply for a license from the United States. This means that all major semiconductor suppliers in the world must obtain permission from the US to supply Huawei, otherwise they will bear the risk of being sanctioned by the US.

However, Yu Chengdong revealed that Huawei's new-generation Mate40 series released in September this year will use Huawei's Kirin chips. (Tianmen Mountain)

Source: NetEase Technology Report, translated by Google Translate