Although pro-China activists had pushed the Biden administration to cancel the license, many reluctantly agreed that it would expire at the end of the current year and not be extended.
The MateBook X Pro, Huawei’s first AI-enabled laptop, which was unveiled on Thursday and is powered by Intel’s new Core Ultra 9 processor, startled and infuriated them since it seemed to imply that shipments of the new chip to Huawei had been allowed by the Commerce Department.
Republican Congressman Michael Gallagher, the chairman of the House of Representatives special committee on China, said Reuters in a statement that “one of the greatest mysteries in Washington, DC, is why the Department of Commerce continues to allow US technology to be shipped to Huawei.”
Intel and the Department of Commerce both declined to comment. Huawei did not immediately answer remarks.
The response, coming almost five years after Huawei was placed on a list of companies subject to trade restrictions, indicates mounting pressure on the Biden administration to take more measures to impede the company’s ascent.
It stunned the world last August when it unveiled a new phone that used a cutting-edge chip made by the banned Chinese company SMIC. Despite Washington’s continuous attempts to sabotage China’s ability to develop cutting-edge semiconductors, this phone has come to represent the country’s technological comeback.
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