The head of Huawei's HiSilicon chip division on May 17 shrugged off concerns about disruptions to supply, saying it has long been preparing for this kind of "extreme scenario". "I would be surprised if HiSilicon can make it without any US suppliers," said Linda Sui, a Strategy Analytics analyst. A China-based source at a US tech company previously told Reuters that none of Huawei's US suppliers "can be replaced by Chinese ones, not within a few years, at least". Huawei's chip division produced more than US$7.5bil (RM31.32bil) worth of chips last year, its rotating chairman Eric Xu had told Reuters. That compares with an estimated US$21bil (RM87.70bil) worth of chips that Huawei acquired from outside vendors.

Source: The Star May 17, 2019 10:52 UTC