U.S. Sanctions Have Been Bad for Huawei, but Worse for Its Chip Design Unit

HiSilicon’s share of the global application processor market for smartphones has been bupkis for four straight quarters since April 2022, analyst report shows

The U.S. Department of Commerce first placed Huawei on its "Entity List" in May 2019.

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Editor’s note: This story is part of a series that looks at mainland smartphone makers’ efforts to design their own chips amid China’s campaign to create a self-sufficient semiconductor industry. The developments have left investors wondering which of China’s 3,000 other chip design hopefuls might be next.

Huawei chip design subsidiary HiSilicon Technologies Co. Ltd.’s market share dwindled to nothing last year, reflecting the damage that has been done by a U.S. campaign to prevent advanced technologies including 5G chips from falling into the hands of its parent.