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US pouring more efforts to stop Huawei’s chip development

US is busy making efforts these days to stop Huawei from advancing in the chip field. After the TSMC chipset controversy, the foreign government is patching loopholes that are suspiciously helping the Chinese tech giant in its technological growth.
Let’s look at the latest headlines on the Huawei-U.S. Chip War subject.
Biden administration is creating last-minute chip export rules before Trump takes on the US President seat. The government is pressuring Intel, TSMC, and Samsung to slow down their chip sales to China as it is helping Huawei to rise.
The authorities even instructed chipmakers to investigate Chinese suppliers and their connections before shipping them advanced processors and tech products.
On the other hand, it has introduced a cap system to count the number of AI chipsets exported to varied countries. Under this system, the US divided the world into three tiers, based on the supportive and non-supportive companies:
- First Tier: It includes the closest US allies and countries that can get unlimited foreign chips and techs.
- Second Tier: Companies that can obtain only a certain amount of US AI processors.
- Third Tier: Backlisted companies and countries that may not get powerful chips or techs.
Moreover, the US has banned over a dozen Chinese firms that are linked with Huawei in any manner. 25 Chinese + 2 Singapore-based companies are behind sanction bars as they are suspected of supplying high-end foreign SoCs to Huawei.
The US has currently appealed FBI to investigate Baicells – a Huawei veteran firm. It is a telecom equipment firm that sells its products like 4G LTE and 5G solutions in several US states. This eventually concerned the US about its national security.
New Rules: Affecting Huawei or Others?
US authorities are pouring out these efforts to stop Huawei from growing in the chip sector. But apart from China, looks like the new chip regulations are troubling many ‘US allies’. Yes, the EU, Poland, and Israel have opposed the US as its latest chip export rules are limiting them to access Nvidia AI processors.
Regarding Huawei, the company is looking for new and native solutions that can help in chipmaking improvements. China is also quite optimistic about Trump’s return. After the new regulations, it would be worth seeing whether Donald Trump will offer relaxation to Chinese companies or tie them in tougher chip regulations.

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