USA and Our 5G / Huawei

[ajohn]

It sounds like this has stepped up recently due to a new sanctions

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53239789

Suppose it makes a change from the usual USA company technique which is shout technology stolen and start a court case which can go on for an extremely long time so the maker it's aimed at can't sell anything for rather a long time. They have already tried this on 5G. I've seen that happen to a Japanese microcontroller maker in the automotive sector. That market is worth a lot of money as is 5G.

 

[EddieM]

It depends on who you believe. You may like to believe it is the UK bowing to US pressure. Alternatively you may wish to believe that the US's decision to prohibit Huawei using US manufactured chips (allegedly, free from Govt interference) makes the Huawei offering less secure.

Add into the mix that US companies have been slow in 5G equipment manufacturing, then I guess the best course of action would be to replace Huawei kit, with Eriksson made kit.

 

[ajohn]

The USA creating pressure and not the way you mention

• Washington’s latest rules require foreign manufacturers using U.S. chipmaking equipment to get a license before being able to sell semiconductors to Huawei.
• That will hit Taiwan’s TSMC which supplies over 90% of Huawei’s smartphone chips, hitting the Chinese giant’s nearly $67 billion consumer business.
• Huawei has looked to diversify its chip production to Chinese firm SMIC. However, analysts said that SMIC does not have the expertise or capacity to produce all of the chips Huawei requires.

It seems to be down to 7nm technology, probably developed for Intel or such like.