Trump intends to impose sanctions on Huawei's sole remaining processor maker

The administration of US President Donald Trump is considering the possibility of introducing a Chinese manufacturer

microelectronics Semiconductor ManufacturingInternational Corp (SMIC) on the blacklist. This company is Huawei's only remaining manufacturer of Kirin processors after Taiwan's TSMC was banned from working with the Chinese.

In May, SMIC received money from governmentChinese funds that the manufacturer invested in expanding the production of 14 nm chips. However, experts assumed that even the Chinese SMIC would ultimately not escape the early US bans, according to which semiconductor companies could no longer produce processors for Huawei using American technologies. However, SMIC was seen as the last chance for the Chinese smartphone maker.

Now the chip maker has fallen out of favorUSA. Media sources say SMIC is suspected of collaborating with the Chinese military. A Pentagon spokesman said that if the company is included in the "blacklist", it will lead to "more thorough scrutiny of all exports for SMIC."