The cooperation agreement comes as mainland efforts have been made to boost China’s domestic chipmaking market amid the ongoing US trade war, which saw blocked access to key US and allied semiconductor technologies.
Huawei Technologies has partnered with Chinese auto giant BYD to supply the latter with Kirin 710A chips for motors, it was reported on Monday.
The news comes as BYD’s board of directors announced on Monday it would boost the company’s semiconductor unit capital by 800m yuan ($112.7 USD), according to a press statement.
Further cooperative projects between the world’s largest IT equipment supplier and China’s largest EV automaker included NFC modules for motors and HiCar smart vehicle technologies on the the sedan lineup, it was reported.
Kirin chipsets are produced by Huawei’s semiconductor firm HiSilicon, namely for Huawei and Honor mobiles.
China’s mainland chipmaking industry has seen a surge in investment after US president Donald Trump extended a ban on Chinese tech firms such as Huawei, ZTE and others placed on an Entity List in 2019.
Shanghai-based chip manufacturer Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) announced last month it had begun mass-producing Kirin 710 chipsets for Honor phones in a significant drive to reduce dependence on US tech products.
The Chinese State Council also announced a $1.4tn USD pledge last month to boost key technologies and infrastructure in the mainland, namely in telecoms, 5G and artificial intelligence as set in its Made In China 2025 programme.
Honor also reportedly said it would seek to acquire MediaTek 5G Dimensity series chipsets for its products in a bid to further reduce dependence on units produced by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp, who halted orders for Huawei products in May, citing fears of knock on effects from Washington’s trade ban set to enter force in September.
Officials in Washington have routinely accused Chinese firm of being potentially used to spy for the Chinese government, which both Beijing and Huawei have slammed as false and demanded to see evidence, which the US government has failed to provide to date.
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