# New US curbs to slam Huawei, hurt suppliers in short term | Tech News (HT Tech) > The US ban comes as a setback for chip suppliers too, at least in the near term, as they have to apply for licences that comply with the new rules, experts said. # New US curbs to slam Huawei, hurt suppliers in short term ## The US ban comes as a setback for chip suppliers too, at least in the near term, as they have to apply for licences that comply with the new rules, experts said. 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(REUTERS) ![Author Photo](https://images.hindustantimes.com/tech/static/revamp/images/png/HTTech-new-circle-logo.png) ### By REUTERS Ramped-up US restrictions on Huawei are likely to choke the Chinese company's access to even off-the-shelf chips, threaten its crown as the world's largest smartphone maker and disrupt global tech supply, executives and experts warned. The Trump administration on Monday expanded its curbs on Huawei and banned suppliers from selling chips made using US technology to the firm without a special licence - closing potential loopholes in its May sanctions that could have let Huawei access the tech via third parties. The curbs underscore the rift in Sino-US ties, their worst in decades, as Washington presses governments to squeeze Huawei out, alleging the firm would hand over data to Beijing for spying. Huawei denies it spies for China. Also read click here. The tech giant's business has suffered since America first blacklisted it a year ago. If Huawei cannot source chipsets as a result of the expanded curbs, its "handset business will likely disappear", Jefferies said in a note. Other brokerages, including JP Morgan, echoed the view, adding this would give players such as Xiaomi and Apple an opportunity to increase their market share. Huawei did not respond to requests for a comment. Earlier this month, Huawei flagged it would stop making its flagship Kirin chipsets from September because U.S. pressure on its suppliers had made it impossible for its HiSilicon division to keep making the chipsets that are key components in mobile phones. Huawei's HiSilicon division has relied on software from U.S. companies such as Synopsys to design its chips. It outsourced the production to Taiwanese contract chipmaker TSMC, which uses equipment from U.S. companies. IMPACT ON CHIP SUPPLIERS It is yet unclear how many suppliers require these licences and whether they will get them. In Asia, memory chipmakers including South Korea's Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, Japanese image sensor maker Sony and Taiwanese chipset maker MediaTek may be affected, a chip industry source said. Shares in MediaTek, which counts Huawei as a major customer, slumped 10% on Tuesday. MediaTek said it was monitoring new developments of rules to remain in compliance, but that it did not expect material impact to near-term operations, based on available information. Samsung, Hynix, and Sony declined to comment on the curbs. WINNERS Several questions remain about the how the new curbs will be implemented, and how hawkish a stance America plans to take. For example, a semiconductor vendor would "potentially be required to know where all its products end up so they do not engage in any transaction where a Huawei affiliate might be a purchaser, intermediate consignee, ultimate consignee or end-user", political risk consultant Eurasia Group said in a note. But there are likely to be some winners in the longer term if Huawei is forced to relinquish its spot as the world's largest smartphone maker. "Huawei currently has 45-50% market share in China and, if this becomes vulnerable, Xiaomi, along with Oppo and Vivo, are likely to be the biggest beneficiaries," JP Morgan analyst Gokul Hariharan said, referring to Chinese smartphone makers. "Huawei would also be likely to lose further ground in the international smartphone space and 5G base stations, both of which could benefit Samsung. The Apple food chain could also benefit from potential iPhone share gains." TSMC, which has said it will not ship wafers to Huawei after Sept. 15, will be hurt very limitedly in the long run, Bernstein said in a note. "TSMC is "everybody's foundry" eventually." The ban is also likely to affect U.S. chipmakers such as Qualcomm, but those losses are likely to be offset in the longer term as Huawei's rivals gain ground, analysts said. 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