Exclusive: Samsung, SK Hynix to be spared brunt of China chip crackdown by U.S.

The Biden administration plans to spare SK Hynix and Samsung from the brunt of new restrictions on memory chipmakers in China aimed at thwarting Beijing’s technological ambitions and blocking its military advances, sources said.
EXCLUSIVE U.S. approves licenses for Huawei to buy auto chips – sources

U.S. officials have approved license applications worth hundreds of millions of dollars for China’s blacklisted telecom company Huawei to buy chips for its growing auto component business, two people familiar with the matter said.
Qualcomm optimistic on 5G, connected device sales as supply bottlenecks ease

Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) on Wednesday predicted a rise in sales of chips for 5G phones, including Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O)iPhone, as the company said it had mitigated supply shortfalls that have contributed to a global chip shortage.
Qualcomm’s new CEO eyes dominance in the laptop markets

Qualcomm Inc’s (QCOM.O) new chief thinks that by next year his company will have just the chip for laptop makers wondering how they can compete with Apple Inc (AAPL.O), which last year introduced laptops using a custom-designed central processor chip that boasts longer battery life.