Huawei made headlines with the launch of the Mate 60 series phones, particularly for the Kirin 9000 chip that powers the new devices. Despite US sanctions, Huawei has managed to equip its latest Mate phones with 5G-compatible chipsets made in China, which has raised many concerns. Several teardowns revealed even more components that Huawei did not have corporate access to under current sanctions, such as SK Hynix RAM. A new report from Reuters says the Biden administration is now looking to implement a new round of sanctions to prevent chip exports to China that were not previously blacklisted.
Huawei Mate 60 Pro motherboard with Kirin 9000s chip
The report quotes an anonymous US official and says that AI chips will be the main target of the new round of sanctions. According to the new report, the United States will impose upcoming chip bans based on technical parameters aimed at a wider range of AI chips for export to China.
Chips destined for consumer electronics devices won’t be targeted by the new curbs, but US-based semiconductor makers will have to notify the US Department of Commerce when they ship orders for their most powerful products to companies based in China. The agency will then review each case and decide whether chip exports may pose a threat to national security. The US is also seeking to establish a new “performance density benchmark” for chip exports that will aim to prevent future workarounds on chip exports to China.
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