Huawei unit ships China-made surveillance chips

The shipments to surveillance camera manufacturers from the company’s HiSilicon chip design unit started this year, a source said. — Reuters

BEIJING: A Huawei Technologies unit is shipping new Chinese-made chips for surveillance cameras in a fresh sign the Chinese tech giant is finding ways around four years of US export controls, two sources briefed on the unit’s efforts say.

The shipments to surveillance camera manufacturers from the company’s HiSilicon chip design unit started this year, according to one of the sources, and a third source familiar with the industry supply chain. One of the sources briefed on the unit said at least some of the customers were Chinese.