US Weighs Sanctions Against Huawei's Chip Network

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The report said AMD found it unfair that it did not receive a license similar to what rival Intel was granted.

Republican Senator Marco Rubio said the Biden administration should revoke Intel's license to sell to Huawei immediately, or the US Commerce Department should not consider granting any subsidies to Intel for its US expansion.

He said no American company, especially those receiving taxpayer funding, should be fueling innovation by Huawei.

Huawei, Intel, the White House and the Commerce Department declined to comment on the Reuters report. AMD also did not respond to media enquiry for this.

Some Chinese commentators said more sanctions against Huawei will only hurt US businesses.

“As an important company in the US chip industry, Intel has a special role to protect the country's national security,” a Shanghai-based writer says in an article published on Wednesday.“At the same time, the US government is aware that a full chip export ban imposed on the Chinese market may hurt its domestic technology industry.”

“The dilemma shows the complexity of the technological competition between China and the US, as well as the interdependence between the two countries in the field of science and technology,” he says.

That writer adds that, as China has in recent years achieved significant progress in the development of its chips sector, it's inevitable that it will have head-to-head competition with the US. He says both countries should try to seek mutual benefit.

Last August, Huawei launched its flagship smartphone Mate 60, which used the Kirin 9000S, a 7-nanometer chip made by the Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC). In December, it unveiled a new electric vehicle called M9, which used the Kunpeng 920, another self-developed 7nm chip.

“The debuts of Huawei's Mate 60 and M9 are a powerful statement that a technology blockade cannot suppress innovation,” Zhang Zhikun, a Henan-based writer, says in an article published on Tuesday.“Many sanctioned Chinese technology firms have gained courage and strength after seeing Huawei's achievements.”