US Doubts Performance, Yield of Huawei’s Advanced Chip
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Components of a Huawei Technologies Co. Mate X5 smartphone, including a Kirin 9000s chip.
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The US doubts whether Huawei Technologies Co. can produce the advanced chip in its new smartphone at the scale or performance threshold necessary to meet market demand, a senior Commerce Department official told lawmakers Tuesday.
“Neither the performance nor yields may match the market of the device,” Thea Kendler, assistant secretary for export administration, said during testimony before a House Foreign Affairs Committee oversight panel.