Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO of Micron Technology, the largest computer memory chip manufacturer in the United States, said on June 25 that it had partially resumed supply to the Chinese technology company Huawei.

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According to Bloomberg reported on June 26, Sanjay Mehrotra, chief executive of Micron Technology , the largest computer memory chip manufacturer in the United States, said on June 25 that it has partially resumed payments to Chinese technology company Huawei Supply. Micron has determined that these supplies do not conflict with the US ban on Huawei. This caused Micron's U.S. shares to soar 11% in after-hours trading and led to gains in other chip stocks.

Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO of Micron Technology, the largest computer memory chip manufacturer in the United States, said on June 25 that it had partially resumed supply to the Chinese technology company Huawei. - DayDayNews

Micron Technology CEO Sanjay Mehrotra

Mehrotra said in a conference call on the 25th that the company has studied and confirmed that it can sell "some" products to Huawei that are not subject to the ban. Shipping has started in the past two weeks. "We believe that we can legally resume shipments of some existing products because they are not within the scope of export management regulations and are not subject to the restrictions of the entity list."

The U.S. Department of Commerce added Huawei to the export ban in May, and Huawei is not allowed to purchase products for Micron has since stopped all shipments to Huawei to produce U.S. components for new products. According to data from Bloomberg, Huawei is one of Micron’s largest customers, and approximately 13% of Micron’s annual revenue comes from sales to Huawei.

Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO of Micron Technology, the largest computer memory chip manufacturer in the United States, said on June 25 that it had partially resumed supply to the Chinese technology company Huawei. - DayDayNews

Micron Technology

Analyst Kevin Cassidy of Stifel Nicolaus Co., an investment institution, said that there is a loophole in the US export ban. If the US technology used in the chip does not reach 25%, it will not be subject to the ban. Cassidy believes Micron exploited this vulnerability. Steven Fox, an analyst at

market research company Cross Research, said that if some companies want to take advantage of this loophole, even if they are headquartered in the United States, they may be able to classify their technology as foreign technology as long as they have overseas subsidiaries and operations. Micron may be the first company to publicly say it will continue to do some level of business with Huawei.

Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO of Micron Technology, the largest computer memory chip manufacturer in the United States, said on June 25 that it had partially resumed supply to the Chinese technology company Huawei. - DayDayNews

In September 2015, Huawei and Micron reached a strategic cooperation in flash memory technology

Cassidy worries that the Trump administration may believe that Micron's resumption of shipments to Huawei will undermine the U.S. government's efforts to pressure China in trade negotiations and other actions. action.

Mehrotra also said frankly: "There is great uncertainty surrounding Huawei's situation. We cannot predict the number of products that can be shipped to Huawei, nor can we guarantee how long the shipments will last."

(Editor: YZM)

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