United States' fight against Huawei puts the brakes on a new laptop

Huawei would take launched an new Matebook laptop this calendar week, but the unveiling has been postponed indefinitely due to Huawei being on the restrictive U.S. "Entity List." The laptop would have been unveiled at the CES Asia testify this week in Shanghai, but the launch has at present been indefinitely postponed according to The Verge.

Huawei'due south CEO of consumer divisions, Richard Yu, told CNBC that the situation was "unfortunate." Yu also stated that US trade restrictions on Huawei are the reason for the postponement. Companies on this listing cannot be sold products from American companies — like Microsoft and Intel.

Huawei's laptops are one of the only commercially successful products from Huawei that are sold in the United States. But these devices rely on U.S. technology including the Windows x operating system and Intel processors.

Whatever future plans would require a modify regarding the U.S. Entity list. Yu admitted that the laptop might not exist launched if Huawei remains blacklisted.

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