US sanctions threaten access to chip design software, which could determine its fate in the UK.
Even if Huawei could get round this, the sanctions also ban fabricators from using semiconductor manufacturing equipment based on US tech.Image copyrightSo, while Huawei could try to skirt round the sanctions by shifting its business to China's predominant foundry - Shanghai-based Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp - that company, too, needs to obey the US rules or would face consequences of its own that might threaten its wider business.
And looking more widely, Huawei may find it impossible to keep driving forward its smartphone photography and other consumer-focused innovations if it cannot equip its devices with next-generation processors.
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