One such license issued by the Trump administration has allowed Intel to use Huawei’s main processors in laptops since 2020. year and will not be renewed.
Huawei announced a new car and PC, but the P70 is still not a smartphone.
Huawei announced a new car and PC, but the P70 is still not a smartphone.
Huawei’s unveiling of its first AI-enabled laptop on Thursday, the MateBook X Pro powered by Intel’s new Core Ultra 9 processor, surprised and angered them, as it suggested the Commerce Department had given Huawei a new chip. Delivery has been approved.
“One of the biggest mysteries in Washington, D.C. is why the Commerce Department allows US technology to go to Huawei,” said Republican Congressman Michael Gallagher, who chairs the House Select Committee on China. said in a statement.
A source familiar with the matter said the chips were shipped under an existing license. Recent widespread restrictions on AI chip shipments to China are not covered, the source and another person said.
The Commerce Department declined to comment. Huawei and Intel did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The response is a sign of mounting pressure on the Biden administration to do more to curb Huawei’s rise, nearly five years after it was placed on the trade sanctions list.
Last August, it shocked the world with a new phone powered by a state-of-the-art chip made by approved Chinese chipmaker SMIC, a Washington-based company that manufactures advanced semiconductors. It has become a symbol of China’s technological recovery despite ongoing efforts to weaken manufacturing capacity.
At a Senate subcommittee hearing this week, Kevin Kurland, an export enforcement official, said Washington’s ban on Huawei had a “significant impact” on access to American technology. He also emphasized that the goal was not necessarily to prevent Huawei from growing, but to prevent it from misusing American technology.
But the remarks did little to assuage frustration among Republican Chinahawks following news of Huawei’s new laptop.
“These approvals must be stopped,” Republican Congressman Michael McCaul said in a statement. “Two years ago, I was told that licenses to Huawei would be terminated. Today, the policy does not seem to have changed.