The technology industry is rife with bottlenecks

Like , a smaller Chinese firm which in 2017 briefly found itself in a similar situation, Huawei could not survive without chips designed in America. If or other Chinese firms were barred from buying more, China’s ambition to become self-sufficient in advanced chips would come a cropper, says Robert Castellano, an industry analyst. The Huawei ban applies to foreign firms if at least one-quarter of their technology originates in America (hence Arm’s decision to stop licensing the Chinese firm).

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