Huawei remains blacklisted by the U.S. government as a communications security risk. But that apparently hasn't stopped it from attempting to bypass sanctions to access advanced chips for 5G smartphones, reports PCMag. Huawei used to produce Kirin chipsets designed by HiSilicon and manufactured by chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co before the U.S. tightened restrictions, reports the Financial Times.
Huawei is believed to be “providing support” for a local Chinese company founded in 2021. Pengxinwei IC Manufacturing Co. (PXW) is run by a former Huawei executive and is close to Huawei’s headquarters in Shenzhen. PXW is ordering chip making equipment in order to build a semiconductor fab, a manufacturing plant in which raw silicon wafers are turned into integrated circuits. Those orders include foreign suppliers, which Huawei no longer has access to, notes Bloomberg. Continue Reading |
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