According to a report in September, Taiwan’s TSMC was unable to cooperate with Huawei due to the revision of the US ban. Therefore, TSMC is unable to produce Kirin 9000 and other Kirin chipsets for this Chinese company.
There have been reports recently that Qualcomm has confirmed its application for a license to supply chipsets to Huawei. The latest report from the 36k.com publication in China (via MyDrivers) claims that Qualcomm has been licensed.
Huawei is famous for using its local Kirin chipset to power its smartphones. The Chinese company does not produce chipsets, but only designs semiconductors through its HiSilicon division.
The actual manufacturing is performed by TSMC. Since TSMC used equipment made in the United States to manufacture these chipsets, it stopped business with Huawei.
Therefore, in August, Yu Richard, CEO of Huawei’s consumer business, declared that the Mate 40 series may be the brand’s last mobile phone using Kirin SoC technology.
Recent reports indicate that the US government has approved Intel, AMD, Samsung Display, Sony and other companies to continue business with Huawei.
Therefore, TSMC may resume manufacturing chips for Huawei. At the same time, Qualcomm seems to be supplying chips to the Chinese company.
Recent reports indicate that the US government has approved Intel, AMD, Samsung Display, Sony and other companies to continue business with Huawei.
Therefore, TSMC may resume manufacturing chips for Huawei. At the same time, Qualcomm seems to be supplying chips to the Chinese company.
According to a Chinese publication, a source close to Huawei stated that Qualcomm has obtained a license to supply chips to Huawei. If TSMC is unable to do business with Huawei, its flagship product series (such as the P series and Mate series) may be driven by the flagship Snapdragon chipset.
The Huawei P50 series that may arrive in the first quarter may be driven by the Snapdragon 875 chipset.
There are high demands on the recently announced Mate 40 series. However, the main reason is the limited availability of the Kirin 9000 chip.
According to reports, Huawei cannot produce Mate 40 Pro and Mate 40 Pro Plus smartphones. Therefore, there are speculations that the company may temporarily sell Mate 40 models with Snapdragon 875 technology.
In addition to Snapdragon chips, Huawei is also expected to launch phones that support MediaTek without Kirin chips.
There were reports last week that Huawei had successfully obtained a large inventory of MediaTek’s Dimensity chipset before September.
