Huawei has run out of stocks of its own advanced smartphone chips due to US sanctions imposed on the Chinese company during Donald Trump’s presidency. This was reported by The Register, citing data from analytical firm Counterpoint Research.

We are talking about processors developed by the HiSilicon division, which entered the consumer market under the Kirin brand. According to Counterpoint Research, the share of smartphones using these chipsets in the global market has dropped to 0%.

HiSilicon was noted to be close to collapse as early as the third quarter of 2022. Analysts believe that the share of devices with Kirin processors is 0.4%, which is many times lower than the 3% indicator for the same period last year.

The current situation does not mean that Huawei can no longer produce smartphones – processors from the American firm Qualcomm are still available for it. But the partnership between the companies is limited by sanctions — Huawei can only use 4G chipsets even in flagship devices.