Monday, May 20, 2019

Google and other Tech Companies like Intel, Qualcomm, Xilinx, and Broadcom are Curbing Business with Huawei



Google along with integrated circuit makers Intel, Qualcomm, Xilinx & Broadcom have stopped providing services, hardware and software to , according people in the know. Google cut off the hardware and some software services to the Chinese giant in a large way affecting Huawei's phone business.
In addition to how the trade war is spreading, today’s Huawei license removal confirms that the Android is not truly an open source product. Every phone maker using Android OS relies on on the Google Play Store for services and Apps. There’s AOSP, Android Open Source Project but who uses it for serious work?. On the other hand,  Google has been moving many APIs from AOSP into Play Services. I think Huawei is in loads of trouble and a loads more in the supply and product chain.
Bloomberg explained it the best;
The moves, which had been anticipated, hamstring the world’s largest provider of networking gear and No. 2 smartphone vendor. The Trump administration on Friday blacklisted Huawei -- which it accuses of aiding Beijing in espionage -- and threatened to cut it off from the U.S. software and semiconductors it needs to make its products. Blocking the sale to Huawei of critical components could also disrupt the businesses of American chip giants like Micron Technology Inc. and retard the rollout of critical 5G wireless networks worldwide -- including in China. That in turn could hurt U.S. companies that are increasingly reliant on the world’s second largest economy for growth.
Yes it might become a messy afair.
Bloomberg

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