After the U.S. ban on Huawei that came into effect back in May 2019, companies like ARM were scrambling to find out whether they could continue to supply technology to the telecommunications giant. Now, after months of review, ARM confirms that Huawei’s chip-making subsidiary, Hisilicon, is cleared to use its ARM v8-A as well as V9 architectures since they are of UK-origin.
“ARM’s v8 and v9 are UK-origin technologies,” an ARM spokeswoman told Reuters via email on Friday. “ARM can provide support to HiSilicon for the ARM v8-A architecture, as well as the next generation of that architecture, following a comprehensive review of both architectures, which have been determined to be of UK origin.”
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While ARM is a British multinational company, it had revealed a few months back that some of its technologies were of ‘US-origin’. This news came as a big blow to the company as it relies heavily on ARM’s CPU and GPU designs for its Kirin SoC lineup that powers its smartphones. However, after months of careful analysis, ARM has finally determined that it can continue its business with Huawei. What’s also interesting is the fact that ARM’s v9 architecture is also confirmed to be of UK-origin which means Huawei’s next generation Kirin processors are cleared to use this tech.
This news comes right before Huawei’s second temporary extension from the ban comes to an end. The reprieve was only till November after which U.S. companies will have to stop supplying technology to Huawei, even for maintaining existing products.
Despite the U.S. ban in effect, Huawei is still making good progess in the market. Its Q3 2019 revenue grew by 27%. The company is also expected to ship nearly 270 million smartphones by the end of this year. It has already crossed over 200 million shipments so far into the year.
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