US Cuts Off Huawei's Chip Supply By Revoking Qualcomm And Intel Licenses

The United States government continues to scrutinize the access Chinese telecom giant Huawei has to American made chips. This time around the licenses obtained by Intel and Qualcomm that gave the companies permission to sell to Huawei have been revoked. The companies were providing Huawei with chips that can be used in mobile devices, network equipment and laptops.

According to a report in Reuters, a source with knowledge of the matter states that the move to revoke the licenses is immediate and was put in place by the United States Commerce Department. However, both Intel and Qualcomm declined to comment regarding the situation.

Attention on Intel's and Qualcomm’s business dealings with Huawei got ratcheted up after the launch of the MateBook X Pro, a laptop with AI functionality using Intel’s Core Ultra 9 chip. The launch of this product caught the eye of Republicans in congress, who ...