Currently, it seems that Huawei is feeling the impact of the trade war between China and America. In an event, Huawei CEO Richard Yu, who spoke at the China Information Technology Summit 2020, spoke about his latest flagship, the Mate 40.
He also said that the company is currently facing problems with the supply of mobile components due to the ongoing trade war. One of these components is the problem with their latest Chipset, the Kirin 1000.
The Kirin 1000 chipset is the latest flagship chipset from Huawei which will be announced at IFA in early September, before debuting in the Huawei Mate 40 lineup. This chipset is a 5nm chip that will be made by TSMC.
However, due to a decision that the US will block TSMC from making chips for Huawei from mid-September. It made Huawei worried because of course they had to find sources for new chipset makers. Luckily, Huawei has secured enough chips for 15 million Mate 40s, and according to the company this is enough.
"Huawei spent more than a decade exploring chipsets, from 'very behind' to 'a little behind' to 'finally catching up' to 'leading' until now banned," said Yu.
He also said that he regretted that they had not invested in qualified facilities to produce their chipsets.
“We made a huge R&D investment and had a tough journey. Unfortunately, when it comes to semiconductor production, Huawei does not participate in investing in heavy assets in this area; we only did chip design but skipped chip production. " he added.
Currently there are options for other chipset makers such as SMIC. However, Yu also revealed that Chinese chip manufacturers such as SMIC currently do not have the ability to cover the shortfall.
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