Huawei was revealed to be looking for more chip suppliers.
On May 22, the Nikkei Asian Review quoted sources as saying that Huawei is in discussions with MediaTek and Ziguang Zhanrui to purchase more chips. Huawei It intends to use both chips as an alternative product to maintain the continued operation of its consumer electronics business.
In response, MediaTek responded to the surging news reporters saying: MediaTek and many domestic mobile phone manufacturers have a good and long-term cooperative relationship, no matter which partner, company All are dedicated to the research and development of chip performance, to help end users enjoy the user experience brought by high-end or even flagship models at a price close to the people, thereby promoting the popularization of 5G mobile application experience.
Huawei has yet to comment on this.
MediaTek is the second largest independent mobile phone chip design company in the world, after Qualcomm. Zhanrui is a local mobile phone chip design company. The chips of MediaTek and Zhanrui mainly cover the low-end market.
Previously, on May 20, Zhao Ming, President of Huawei ’s Honor Mobile Phone, was interviewed and talked about cooperation with MediaTek, saying MediaTek has always been the cooperation of Honor ’s various product lines. Partners, “From the early years to the present, Glory has been using MediaTek chips. Our strategy has always been the same, we will also cooperate on MediaTek’s 5G SoC in the future, and MediaTek has always been a Glory partner.”
< div class = "contheight"> According to Global Network, the U.S. Department of Commerce issued a statement on May 15 local time, saying that Huawei is completely restricted from purchasing semiconductors produced using U.S. software and technology, including those outside the U.S. The production equipment listed in the U.S. commercial control list needs to obtain the U.S. government license before it can produce OEM for Huawei and HiSilicon.
< div class = "contheight"> According to Global Network, the U.S. Department of Commerce issued a statement on May 15 local time, saying that Huawei is completely restricted from purchasing semiconductors produced using U.S. software and technology, including those outside the U.S. The production equipment listed in the U.S. commercial control list needs to obtain the U.S. government license before it can produce OEM for Huawei and HiSilicon.
For this matter, the Ministry of Commerce of China also responded on May 17. The Ministry of Commerce of China stated that China has taken note of the new export control regulations issued by the US against Huawei. China is firmly opposed to this. China urges the US to immediately stop wrong practices and create conditions for enterprises to conduct normal trade and cooperation. China will take all necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises.
On May 18, Huawei ’s rotating chairman Guo Ping said in a speech at the Huawei Global Analyst Conference that the US government ’s approach will inevitably have a huge impact on Huawei ’s business, “butThe honing of the past year has made us thick and rough, and we are confident that we can find a solution. “