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How ARM business affects Huawei?
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) quoted a company internal document on Wednesday that the British chip designer ARM is suspending cooperation with Huawei to comply with US regulations. ARM has instructed employees to stop “all valid contracts, support rights and any pending contracts” with Huawei and its subsidiaries, and they are no longer allowed to “provide support, deliver technology (whether software, code or other updates) to Huawei, Participate in technical discussions or discuss technical issues.”
ARM said in a statement that it is “complying with all the latest regulations set by the US government,” but declined to provide more information on the current status of its contract with Huawei. Huawei is quite generous, saying that “we value the close relationship with our partners, but we also recognize the pressure on some of them due to politically motivated decisions. We believe that this regrettable situation can be resolved, Our top priority remains to continue to provide world-class technology and products to our global customers.”
On Wednesday, the US Department of Commerce listed Huawei and its 68 affiliates on the so-called “list of entities”, banned from obtaining components and related technologies from US companies without US government approval. On Monday, the United States decided to delay the ban on Huawei for 90 days on the grounds that Huawei and its business partners needed time to upgrade software and deal with some contractual obligations.
According to ARM, its design includes US-originated technology. It is true that ARM has R&D centers in Austin, Texas, and San Jose, Calif., and some technologies may come from there. However, the definition of “25% of US origin technology” is inherently vague and has a lot of room for operation. Infineon, Panasonic, Toshiba , and TSMC chose to support Huawei after the evaluation and have always been quite close to China (or ARM in the Chinese market?) obviously can do the same.
In fact, ARM’s move is likely to be inspired by its parent company, Softbank. Softbank has been promoting the merger of its third-largest US operator Sprint and the fourth-largest T-Mobile. It has not been approved before. At this time, it has just dawned. It is afraid that the US government will be in trouble, and it may be a green light. Wide open. Interestingly, Aberdeen Justice acquired a majority stake in Sprint in 2013 for $22 billion and acquired ARM for approximately $32 billion in 2016. Its equity valuation in Alibaba has exceeded $100 billion, and in 2016 it has cashed $10 billion.
At the same time, even if the ARM architecture cannot be used in the future, Huawei can switch to other architectures, such as the open source RISC-V. Imagination, which is second only to ARM in the GPU design field, has now become a Chinese-controlled company.
Huawei is getting ready to release a new super-thin phone called the Mate 70 Air. Some details about this phone have already been leaked online, and now a new picture has appeared showing what it looks like.
What the phone looks like
A promotional poster for the Huawei Mate 70 Air was leaked today. The phone looks similar to other phones in Huawei’s Mate 70 family, but it’s much thinner.
The back of the phone has a round camera area with Huawei’s XMAGE camera logo on it. The edges of the phone appear to be shiny and polished. The back cover has a textured surface, similar to another Huawei model called the Mate 70 Pro+.
What’s inside the phone
There isn’t much information available yet, but the Mate 70 Air might be a mid-priced phone. Early reports said it would have 12GB of memory and either 256GB or 512GB of storage space. However, newer information suggests it will actually have 16GB of memory.
The phone is expected to have a large 6.9-inch screen. It will also have a high-quality main camera.
Other features
Unlike Apple’s iPhone Air, the Huawei Mate 70 Air will have a slot for a physical SIM card. The phone will run on Huawei’s HarmonyOS 5.1 software. It will come in three colors: black, white, and gold.
Huawei is expected to launch this phone in November, around the same time as its Mate 80 series.
Tipster Digital Chat Station has confirmed that the Chinese tech giant Huawei will release new phones called the Mate 80 series in November. These new phones will have better designs, cameras, and speed.
The company is expected to compete with Apple’s new iPhone 17 phones. Huawei will make four different Mate 80 phones: the regular Mate 80, Mate 80 Pro, Mate 80 Pro+, and Mate 80 RS. Each phone will have different cameras. The regular Mate 80 will have a 50-megapixel camera.
The Pro version will have a bigger 50-megapixel camera. The Pro+ and RS models will have even bigger 50-megapixel cameras.
The Pro model might have a flat screen and face recognition. The Pro+ and RS models might have curved screens that bend more.
The best phone, the Mate 80 RS, might have a 6.9-inch screen with special technology.
This screen should be brighter, use less battery power, and last longer than normal phone screens. Huawei might also use strong titanium metal for the frame and special glass on the back. Inside the phones, there will be a new chip called the Kirin 9030. The battery might be bigger than 6000mAh and charge very fast – 100W with a wire and 80W without wires. The phones might work with 5G internet and satellite communication.
The phones will use Huawei’s own software called HarmonyOS. This might work better with other Huawei devices and have more AI features. Some people think these improvements will help Huawei compete better with Apple, especially in battery life, communication, and smart features.
A Chinese company called HiSilicon Semiconductor just changed who’s in charge. The old boss, Xu Zhijun, stepped down from his job as the legal representative and chairman. Now the company’s CEO, Gao Ji, is taking over these roles.
Xu has been working at Huawei since 1993 and still has other important jobs there – he’s a vice chairman and sometimes serves as the rotating chairman. Him leaving this position is probably just Huawei moving people around to different jobs within the company.
HiSilicon is completely owned by Huawei and makes computer chips. This change in leadership might mean Huawei is trying to make things work better.
HiSilicon started in October 2004 when Huawei took its computer chip design team and turned it into its own company. The main office is in Shenzhen, but they also have offices in Beijing, Shanghai, and other cities in China.