The situation for Huawei has gotten worse over the course of the past few days, a direct consequence of companies based in the States breaking their ties off with the Chinese manufacturer. Over these few days, we’ve seen Google, Qualcomm, Intel, Broadcom and ARM together with the SD association all breaking their ties with Huawei, and now, the recent news suggests that both JEDEC, along with WiFi alliance too have banned the Chinese company. Being responsible for the certification of devices with Wi-Fi and components with RAM, they too were integral to Huawei’s operations.
WiFi alliance, being located in Austin, Texas too have suspended Huawei – temporarily, though. In order to be a member of Wi-Fi Alliance, a company needs to prove that it is either an “implementer” or a “contributor.” In the case where a company is an implementer, it could then implement unmodified Wi-Fi chips which have already been subject to previous certification by the association itself. Moreover, all companies of such nature are a part of the association as an implementer have the authority to use certified product logs as well as access final documents of each specification.
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As far as being a contributor goes, a company can only have access to the development and testing of each standard. Huawei in the past was not only an implementer, but the company was also a contributor. Also, the Chinese manufacturer was also responsible for sponsoring the association in an exclusive group of 14 companies. The most recent statement made by the WiFi alliance states that the association has indeed restricted the membership status of Huawei. However, such a decision is temporary – until the entire dispute finally settles down.
JEDEC happens to be responsible for the standardization of RAM components. It too has cut off ties with Huawei.
