Huawei Technologies Ltd., one of the biggest producers of smartphones and network equipment, is at the center of U.S.-Chinese tension over technology and security. “Unfortunately, in the second round of U.S. sanctions, our chip producers only accepted orders until May 15. “This year may be the last generation of Huawei Kirin high-end chips.”More broadly, Huawei’s smartphone production has “no chips and no supply,” Yu said. Yu said this year’s smartphone sales probably will be lower than 2019′s level of 240 million handsets but gave no details. Washington also is lobbying European and other allies to exclude Huawei from planned next-generation networks as a security risk.-AP

Source: The Standard August 08, 2020 13:18 UTC