Huawei: Smartphone Chips Running Out Under US Sanctions

Huawei: Smartphone Chips Running Out Under US Sanctions
Man uses his smartphone as he stands near a billboard for Chinese technology firm Huawei at the PT Expo in Beijing on Oct. 31, 2019. Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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BEIJING—Chinese tech giant Huawei is running out of processors used to make smartphones because of U.S. sanctions and will be forced to stop production of its own most advanced chips, a company executive says, in a sign of growing damage to Huawei’s business from U.S. pressure.

Huawei Technologies Ltd., one of the biggest producers of smartphones and network equipment, is at the center of U.S.-Chinese tension over technology and security. The feud has spread to include the popular Chinese-owned video app TikTok and China-based messaging service WeChat.