The trade ban that has been imposed by the US on Huawei has gone on to drastically reduce the amount of components that the Chinese manufacturer can acquire from firms belonging to the country. But at the end of the day, how much does Huawei really depend on companies belonging to the US for parts used within its devices?
Well, courtesy of Nikkei, there has been a recent tear down of the Huawei P30Pro flagship device, which has actually revealed that just 0.9 percent of all components in the phone come from US based companies. To get a more clearer picture : 15 parts from the US companies are used out of a total of 1,631.
However while the sheer number of components used is not that much, the amount that they cost gives the clearest of indications towards their importance. Out of a total of $363.83 used for parts, the US ones cost $59.36. Some of the more prominent US parts include DRAM from Micron, communication semiconductors from Skyworks and Qorvo, and Gorilla Glass from Corning.
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Whether or not Huawei has swapped out components in the P30 Pro as a result of the trade ban remains unclear, however, there have been reports suggesting that the company has actually been stockpiling components before it was actually added to the US Entity List. It has also been said that there are actually several companies from the US which are using a legal loophole in order to keep selling parts to the Chinese manufacturer.
Anyways, it has become clear that US components make only a small portion of all the components which are in use in the latest Huawei flagship. It is also true though that these parts are indeed of great value so Huawei will have to come up with a way so as to keep the standards up – if of course the trade ban persists or some of the alleged loopholes are closed.
