TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Sony Corp and memory chipmaker Kyoxia Holdings Corp. have applied for U.S. approval to continue supplying Huawei Technologies Co.
If confirmed, the move would allow other tech companies such as Intel Corp to be licensed by US authorities recently.
With U.S.-China relations at their worst in decades, Washington is pushing governments around the world to hijack Washington Huawei, arguing that the telecom giant will transfer data to the Chinese government for espionage.
Huawei is one of the top customers for Sony’s image sensor for smartphones. Kioxia Holdings Corp. is the world’s No. 2 manufacturer of flash memory chips and a Huawei supplier.
Here the Nikkei said that the U.S. Without a license, Sony and Kioxia would have to risk their earnings.
Kyoxia warned that the U.S. on Huawei Curbs can accelerate the memory chip to a higher and lower prices. The plan was recently approved for a multi-billion dollar list of global chip markets clouded by US-China tensions.
A Sony spokesman said the company complied with all regulations, but could not comment on specific customers.
A Kyoxia spokesman also declined to comment.
Makiko Yamazaki, reported by Ju-Min Park; Edited by Dan Grebler
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