[1/2] A Huawei logo and a 5G sign are pictured at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Shanghai, China June 28, 2019.
Huawei should be able to procure 5G chips domestically using its own advances in semiconductor design tools along with chipmaking from Semiconductor Manufacturing International Co (SMIC), three third-party technology research firms covering China's smartphone sector told Reuters.
The firms, citing industry sources including Huawei suppliers, spoke on condition of anonymity because of confidentiality agreements with clients.
The second research firm said it noticed Huawei had asked SMIC to produce chip components below 14 nm this year for 5G products.
The forecast yield rate of less than 50% means that 5G chips are "going to be costly", said Doug Fuller who researches chips at the Copenhagen Business School.
Persons:
Aly, SMIC, Canalys, Doug Fuller, Fuller, David Kirton, Jamie Freed
Organizations:
Huawei, Mobile World Congress, REUTERS, Huawei Technologies, chipmaking, Semiconductor Manufacturing International, Reuters, Apple, Samsung, China Securities Journal, Copenhagen Business School, Thomson
Locations:
Shanghai, China, SHENZHEN, Shenzhen, U.S, Washington