Huawei has recently notified its supply chain that it will be revising Mate40 shipments down by as much as 30 percent, DigiTimes reported on Monday.
At this year's IFA, Huawei did not unveil the latest Kirin 9000 processor, which will be the last generation of the Kirin chip and will be used by the first for the Mate40 series of phones.
According to previous reports, the model numbers of Huawei Mate40, Mate40 Pro, and Mate40 Pro + are OCE-AN00, NOH-AN00, and NOP-AN00 respectively.
The new Huawei phones with model numbers NOH-AN00 and NOP-AN00 have been Bluetooth certified, and the above three models have also been certified for network access by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
Mate40 may not see wide distribution as Huawei faces Kirin chipset shortages
Previous reports said that Huawei had determined to delay the release of the 5nm Kirin 9000 chip, TSMC is urgent delivery of the corresponding orders.
With less than 10 days to go before the US ban takes effect, Huawei is rushing to increase its chip inventory as much as it can before September 15.
Huawei's Kirin high-end chips cannot be manufactured after September 15, and the Kirin 9000 chip, expected to be launched this year, maybe the last generation of Kirin high-end chips.
As the world's leading mobile phone maker and 5G equipment supplier, Huawei has become the focus of domestic and international attention as to where it will go under the heavy pressure from the United States.
The Global Times quoted Huang Haifeng, a senior independent analyst in the communications industry, as saying that Huawei's stockpile for the Kirin 9000 chip is around 10 million chips, which also means that there are about 10 million Huawei phones that can be equipped with this chip.
These chip stocks may be able to support about six months, when they run out, Huawei's mobile phone business, especially the high-end mobile phone business will soon encounter huge challenges, Huang Haifeng said.
Huawei's Kirin 9000 chip stockpiles said to be capable of supporting 10 million phones
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