UK chip designer ARM to suspend business with Huawei - BBC (updated)

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22/05/2019 11:11

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    LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - Major British-based chip designer
ARM is suspending business with China's Huawei to comply with
U.S. regulations, the BBC reported on Wednesday, citing internal
company documents.
    ARM instructed employees to halt "all active contracts,
support entitlements, and any pending engagements" with Huawei
and its subsidiaries, the BBC said.
    No one from ARM, one of the world's biggest chip designers
alongside Intel  INTC.O , was immediately available for comment.
    ARM, owned by Japanese investor Softbank  4726.T , said in
an internal company memo that its designs contained technology
of U.S. origin, the BBC reported.
    ARM staff were informed of the decision on May 16, after the
United States added Huawei to a list of companies with which
U.S. firms could not do business. ARM has offices in California,
Washington, Texas and Massachusetts.
    ARM told staff they were no longer allowed to "provide
support, delivery technology (whether software, code, or other
updates), engage in technical discussions, or otherwise discuss
technical matters" with Huawei, according to the memo seen by
the BBC.

 (Reporting by David Milliken; editing by Michael Holden)
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