Huawei stockpiles chips

The U.S. government’s ban on Chinese telecom giant Huawei is set to take effect on the 15th, and according to news reports, Huawei has been stockpiling large inventories of chips lately in order to secure its supply chain. According to an analysis, Huawei snapped up the chips are estimated to last only six months.

According to a report today by the Central News Agency, Huawei stockpiled a large number of stockpiles in order to secure the supply chain. The U.S. government began to ban Huawei in 2019, over the past year gradually increased, most recently on August 17 this year, announced that foreign chip makers may not provide Huawei with products using U.S. technology without special permission.

In order to ensure the supply chain, Huawei has been stockpiling large inventories of chips for two years, and has recently accelerated the pace, according to a report by Radio Free Asia and Hong Kong Economic Times today. According to China’s electronic engineering portal site “electronic engineering world” article, Huawei’s recent emergency procurement of objects not only cell phone chips, but also 5G radio frequency, touch IC and other products.

The report cited according to industry insiders, in order to increase inventory as soon as possible, Huawei suppliers, such as chip device specifications, performance and other requirements are lower than in the past many. But some analysts say, Huawei snapped up the chip is estimated to support only six months.