UK chip designer ARM suspends business with Huawei to comply with new U.S. rules

LONDON: British chip designer ARM has halted relations with Huawei in order to comply with a United States blockade of the company, potentially crippling the Chinese company’s ability to make new chips for its future smartphones.

Huawei, in common with Apple and chipmakers such as Qualcomm, uses ARM blueprints to design the processors that power its smartphones. It also licenses graphics technology from the Cambridge-based company.

“ARM is complying with all of the latest regulations set forth by the U.S. government,” an ARM spokesman said in a statement. “No further comment at this time.”