“US revokes licenses that allowed Intel and Qualcomm to supply chips to Huawei” – Computer – News

The United States has revoked trade licenses that allowed Intel and Qualcomm, among others, to sell laptop and smartphone chips to Huawei. Reuters reported this. This increases US export restrictions on China.

According to Reuters sources Some companies were informed of the US decision on Tuesday. The licenses of those companies were canceled “immediately” by the US Department of Commerce, according to the news agency. The ministry confirmed to Reuters that it had canceled “certain export licenses for Huawei,” but did not specifically identify the companies to which those licenses belonged. According to Reuters sources, it is definitely related to Intel and Qualcomm. Bloomberg News Agency supports that.

A US congressman said in a statement: “This action will strengthen US national security, protect American ingenuity, and reduce Communist China’s ability to develop its technology.” Intel provides the processors that Huawei uses in its laptops. Qualcomm, among other things, supplies 4G chipsets to the Chinese manufacturer.

There have been restrictions on trade between US technology companies and Huawei for years. This was because of former President Donald Trump. He blacklisted Huawei in 2019 over alleged violations of existing sanctions, something Huawei has always denied. A number of technology companies, including Intel and Qualcomm, were allowed to do business with the Chinese tech giant again at the end of 2020.

There has already been criticism of the clearances, including from AMD. That company felt it was unfair not to be allowed to supply laptop chips to Huawei, while rival Intel had permission to do so. The US government had previously planned to revoke this permit, but then decided against it.