ARM founder talks about the Huawei ban
After the US Department of Commerce listed Huawei as the list of regulated entities, not only American companies could not export chips and software to Huawei, but companies outside the US were also affected by the ban. Among them, ARM also cut off the chip licensing business with Huawei. The employee is not allowed to provide support, supply technology (software code or other updates), participate in technical discussions or other technical contacts with Huawei, HiSilicon or any other related entity.
Although ARM originated in the United Kingdom and was acquired by Softbank in 2016, some of ARM’s technology was developed in the United States, and it also has to comply with US laws. Therefore, it is also the last resort to sever the business with Huawei. The ARM co-founder, Hermann Hauser said in a recent statement: “Most of ARM’s intellectual property was created in Europe, but some of it, without thinking, we created in the US. Many ARM products have American intellectual property in them (which meant that) ARM had to follow the instructions of the American president.”
Although both ARM and Huawei expressed their hope to solve this problem as soon as possible, the existence of this ban will be a difficult matter for both parties. ARM founder Hermann Hauser recently interviewed the British media and talked about it. He believes that this will cause considerable harm to Huawei in the short term, but in the long run, blocking Huawei will eventually affect ARM, Google, and even the American industry.
Hermann Hauser said that after this incident, any company should consider how to reduce the risk of the US president’s ban. He discussed with some European companies and found that they are considering their intellectual property rights and excluding US intellectual property rights.