Huawei used its own chip designs for its new 5G smartphone, The FT reported. It's a sign that the Chinese firm can implement its own designs in the same way as Apple. Huawei's phone led to panic in Washington amid fears over the effectiveness of China's export controls. The findings suggest a significant step forward in technical capabilities for Huawei as it begins to implement its own chip designs in smartphones in much the same way Western smartphone makers such as Apple have done for years. There are questions, though, about how successful Huawei would be in scaling the production of smartphones with advanced chips.

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Persons: Gina Raimondo Organizations: Huawei, FT, Apple, Service, ARM, Financial Times, US government's Commerce Department, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp, Bloomberg, Reuters Locations: Washington, Wall, Silicon, China