The ARM processor family has become one of the most central and fundamental pieces of technology in any device that is not either a PC or a data centre. Almost every smartphone, feature phone, tablet or wearable uses one or more arm processors and Huawei has been pursuing its own chipset designs. However, many, if not all, of these designs use the arm processor and with its relationship with ARM on ice, its chip development will grind to a halt. This is why the loss of ARM is potentially even more damaging than the loss of Google as this will also impact shipments into China. Unfortunately for Huawei, there are plenty of perfectly good alternatives to Huawei smartphones which are available at excellent prices.

Source: Forbes May 23, 2019 07:37 UTC