They are already building their own chips. Huawei has started to use 14nm chips manufactured by Shanghai-based SMIC. They plan to replace TSMC's chips with SMIC

They are already building their own chips. Huawei has started to use 14nm chips manufactured by Shanghai-based SMIC. They plan to replace TSMC's chips with SMIC's chips in their phones. TSMC blocking will just accelerate their plans. https://www.gizmochina.com/2020/05/12/huawei-kirin-710a-smic-mass-production/ https://www.gizmochina.com/2020/05/12/huawei-kirin-710a-smic...