Semiconductors: The letter comes after Huawei Technologies unveiled a new Mate 60 Pro smartphone that contained advanced chips made by China s Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) despite U.S. sanctions.
Huawei has so far not commented on the full capabilities of the Mate 60 series, which is seen as its first major effort since the sanctions to challenge Apple's dominance in the smartphone market.
Further, the report mentioned that invoking national security concerns, the US administration included Huawei to a list of entities in 2019 that prevented it from obtaining high-end chipmaking equipment from the country. No Evidence Chinese Conglomerate Huawei Can Produce Advanced Phone Chips at Scale: US.