Recently, the incident of ZTE banned by the U.S. Department of Commerce has attracted much attention. Last weekend, U.S. President Trump had already stated that he would help ZTE to resume business. Now Samsung also stands up and expresses its willingness to pull ZTE.
According to the ban, ZTE will not be able to purchase technology products and services from US companies. In other words, the future of ZTE will not be able to use Qualcomm's or Intel's chips. Even the recent news that Taiwan's economic sector has restricted MediaTek to provide chip supplies to ZTE.
Reuters disclosed that Samsung is currently talking with some smart phone manufacturers and hopes to expand the scale of its chip customers. Inyup Kang, head of Samsung's System LSI department, disclosed the news, but did not mention the names of the mobile phone makers involved in the negotiations.
Inyup Kang stated that Samsung and all OEM manufacturers have maintained active exchanges. Samsung expects to announce a new customer using Exynos chips in the first half of 2019. When asked if there is any resurgence in Exynos chip customers, Samsung is The statement stated that at present, they have not reached a specific agreement with ZTE. Their policy is to treat all mobile phone providers equally.
According to the market regulator Counterpoint, in the mobile processor market, Samsung still lags far behind Qualcomm and Apple, but thanks to the rapid growth of Samsung’s mobile phone business, its mobile chip business has also developed rapidly. Report shows that Samsung Mobile Last year, Star System LSI's shipments increased by 27% year-on-year. If Samsung wins more customers, it will inevitably put more pressure on Qualcomm.
