Hong Kong/Seoul CNN —SK Hynix, a South Korean chipmaker, is investigating how two of its memory chips mysteriously ended up inside the Mate 60 Pro, a controversial smartphone launched by Huawei last week.
“The significance of the development is that there are restrictions on what SK Hynix can ship to China,” G Dan Hutcheson, vice chair of TechInsights, told CNN.
The big question is whether any laws were violated.”A Hynix spokesperson told CNN Friday that it was aware of its chips being used in the Huawei phone and had started investigating the issue.
“SK Hynix is strictly abiding by the US government’s export restrictions,” the company said.
Industry insiders said it was possible that Huawei had purchased the memory chips from the secondary market and not directly from the manufacturer.
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” G Dan Hutcheson, It’s, TechInsights, Mike Gallagher, Michael McCaul
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