> they were making chips that were as good or better than the Snapdragons
Which ones? And how were they better?
Which ones? And how were they better?
No doubt in my mind that had it not been for the sanctions Huawei would be the top selling mobile phone brand even eating into Apple's highend market.
This page lists some of the chips made Huawei:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HiSilicon
There are some rumours that Samsung will start to manufacture their chips but the most interesting stuff will happen when mainland Chinese fabs become good enough at highend manufacturing. Then China will probably return the favour and start to ban American chips from the Chinese market.
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