Huawei in hot soup as ARM cuts ties effectively killing the HiSilicon chip: Report 

Huawei may have a ‘plan B’ when it comes to making its own software following a recent US tre clampdown but designing home-grown hardware that would drive its future devices will be easier said than done. And if a new BBC report is anything to go by, Chinese conglomerate Huawei might just have found itself in a much hotter soup than what severed ties with Google, Intel and Qualcomm would bring combined. UK-based ARM, whose designs form basis of nearly every mobile processor we see in market today, has decided to halt “all active contracts, support entitlements, and any pending engments” with Huawei, effectively killing  HiSilicon chip found inside majority of its phones as we speak. 

To be clear, ARM doesn’t directly make mobile chips. Inste, it provides blue-prints that brands like HiSilicon acquire through licensing, and n y manufacture ir own custom chips (like Kirin 980) basis of those designs. This means, with ARM techlogy out of picture, a processor like Kirin 980 will cease to exist – it wouldn’t have been me in first place. So, while Kirin 980 alrey exists (and powers phones like Huawei P30 Pro and just anunced Hor 20-series) and chances are Huawei may have alrey acquired necessary licensing from ARM to build its next-generation Kirin SoC, future of version(s) after it has been jeopardized. Until furr tice. 

A question arises, how does a Trump government directive that bars all US companies from engaging in tre with Huawei encompass a UK-based company (which is w owned by Japanese firm Softbank)? It doesn’t, until you come to kw, that ARM’s designs contain “US origin techlogy” which is why it “believes it is affected by Trump ministration's ban.”  

Moreover, while  Trump ministration's ban gives a 90-day reprieve to Huawei to sort of ease into things (so it could possibly ensure existing devices aren’t affected), ARM seemingly isn’t giving any such relief – which means all ARM staff has been asked to cut all business ties with Huawei immediately. This reportedly includes “providing support, delivery techlogy (wher software, code, or or updates), eng in technical discussions, or orwise discuss technical matters with Huawei, HiSilicon or any of or named entities.” 

Huawei is facing heat for its alleged role in spying for Chinese government. US government, chaired by Donald Trump, has blacklisted Huawei - one of repercussions to that was Google recently pulling all ‘business’ ties pertaining to Android with Huawei. Qualcomm and Intel have also done same with regards to hardware properties. But ARM fallout will undoubtedly be biggest blow to Huawei - that aspires to be world's largest smartphone company by 2020.

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