One such license issued by the Trump administration allows Intel to ship central processing units to Huawei for use in laptops starting in 2020. Chinese hawks had called on the Biden administration to revoke the license, but many accepted that it would expire later this year. year and will not be updated.
Huawei will announce new cars and PCs, but the smartphone “P70” has not been announced yet
Huawei will announce new cars and PCs, but the smartphone “P70” has not been announced yet
Huawei on Thursday unveiled its first AI-enabled laptop, the MateBook This shocked and angered Huawei.
“One of the biggest mysteries in Washington, D.C., is why the Department of Commerce is allowing U.S. technology to be exported to Huawei,” Republican Rep. Michael Gallagher, chairman of the House Select Committee on China, said in a statement. The question is whether they continue to do so.”
Sources said the chips were shipped under an existing license. They are not subject to recent large-scale restrictions on AI chip shipments to China, this source and another person said.
The Commerce Department declined to comment. Huawei and Intel did not respond to requests for comment.
The reaction is a sign of growing pressure on the Biden administration to do more to stop Huawei's rise, nearly five years after it was added to the trade restriction list. It is.
Last August, the US government shocked the world with a new mobile phone equipped with sophisticated chips made by the sanctioned Chinese chipmaker SMIC, continuing the US government's efforts to cripple its ability to produce advanced semiconductors. Despite its efforts, it became a symbol of China's technological resurgence.
At a Senate subcommittee hearing this week, export enforcement official Kevin Kurland said the U.S. government's restrictions on Huawei are having a “significant impact” on access to U.S. technology. He also stressed that the goal is not necessarily to stop Huawei's growth, but to prevent Huawei from misusing American technology for “malicious activities.”
But the remarks did little to quell frustration among Republican China hawks following news of Huawei's new laptops.
“These approvals must stop,” Republican Rep. Michael McCaul said in a statement. “Two years ago, we were told that our license to Huawei would be suspended. It appears that policy has not changed.”