Huawei to End Production of Flagship Chipsets, Report Says
Huawei plans to stop production of its flagship Kirin chipsets next month due to pressure from U.S. export restrictions and license requirements, Reuters reported Aug. 8, citing financial magazine Caixin. Reuters quoted by way of Caixin coverage of an industry…
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event, Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei’s customer business unit, who said U.S. restrictions have made it “impossible” to keep developing the chipsets, which are used in mobile phones. “From Sept. 15 onward, our flagship Kirin processors cannot be produced,” Yu said while speaking at the recent event in Shenzen, China. “Our [artificial intelligence]-powered chips also cannot be processed. This is a huge loss for us.” Huawei did not comment.