Earlier at present (4th September 2020), a report from Sohu revealed that Huawei has apparently determined to delay the launch of its 5nm Kirin cell processors and are urging TSMC to ship the orders as quickly as attainable.

In line with trade sources near the matter, the Chinese language tech big is making this transfer to maintain a low profile whereas nonetheless obtain their orders on time earlier than the US deadline. For these unaware, TSMC has stopped taking orders from Huawei resulting from US sanctions and is at present solely engaged on finishing current orders. Moreover, the corporate normally publicizes its new era of chips through the IFA occasion as nicely.

Sources declare that Huawei has decided internally that it might not be saying its new 5nm Kirin chip on the IFA 2020 convention, and are ready for the supply of chip orders from TSMC. In the meanwhile, the world’s largest contract chipmaker is working across the clock to ship the massive orders earlier than the 14th September 2020 deadline, after which it can not take any further Huawei orders.

This whole scenario is indicative of the dire impacts the latest US crackdown has had on Huawei. The Trump administration has not solely minimize off its chip provide however has additionally reformed sure rules to chop off the corporate’s provide chains that contain American made applied sciences as nicely. So keep tuned, as we will likely be offering extra updates when extra info is out there.

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