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Huawei, a Chinese telecommunications company, is not well known in Korea, but in fact, it is the largest company in the world in the communications equipment market and second in the world for smartphone sales.

From today (15th), such Huawei can no longer buy semiconductors without permission from the US government.

First of all, I am in a position to hold on to what I bought in advance, but if the situation gets longer, Korean companies such as Samsung and SK Hynix that sold semiconductors here will also be affected.



Beijing Correspondent Song Wook reports.



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Huawei specialty store in Beijing, China.



Employees explain the semiconductor chip that went into Huawei's smartphone.



[Store employee: (Which chip is it?) This is (Huawei)'Kirin 990' chip, but the latest is'Kirin 9000' chip.]



But in the future, it is difficult for Huawei to obtain semiconductor chips.



This is because a measure that prevents semiconductors using US technology and equipment from being supplied to Huawei without US government permission began today.



There are virtually no semiconductors without US technology, and it is difficult to expect US government approval.



Huawei ranked first in the global smartphone market in the second quarter due to patriotic consumption in China.



However, the decline in the market share became inevitable due to the discontinuation of semiconductor supply.



Huawei has entered the'hold up'.



It is known that it has secured stock of semiconductors that will be used for 6 months to 2 years.



We have also developed our own smartphone operating system.



[CEO of Weicheng/Huawei Consumer Sector: Next year, Huawei smartphones will fully support'Hongmeng 2.0' (own operating system).]



However, despite the

enduring

efforts, Huawei's share of the smartphone market is limited by the United States this year. There is a forecast that it will fall from 15% to 4% next year.



It is known that China, which has become a stepping stone for semiconductor independence, will announce a policy next month to foster the semiconductor industry by investing hundreds of trillion won.



(Video coverage: Choi Deok-hyun, Video editing: Park Ji-in)