The hits keep coming for Huawei. Following the revocation of its licence to use Google apps and the Play Store on its Android phones, and a ban by several major chipmakers, including Intel, Broadcom and Qualcomm, a leaked memo obtained by the BBC has revealed that ARM has ordered its employees to cease “all active contracts, support entitlements, and any pending engagements” with the beleaguered China-based tech giant.
While ARM is a UK-based company, its chip designs contain technology that originated in the US and subsequently are believed to be subject to the Commerce Department’s blanket ban. The memo says ARM employees are no longer able to “provide support, delivery technology (whether software, code, or other updates), engage in technical discussions, or otherwise discuss technical matters”.
While Google’s revocation of…