Huawei's alternative OS to Android set to roll out as early as fall

Post by maeln » Wed, May 22, 2019, 12:55 PM UTC

Post by bengale » Wed, May 22, 2019, 1:09 PM UTC

Post by cphoover » Wed, May 22, 2019, 1:27 PM UTC

maeln wrote: post #2

> It will work with Android apps and web apps as well I guess it is fair to assume at this point that they based it on the OSS part of Android ? Let's see if they manage to solve the Play Service pickle also. A lot of application assume you have them, I don't know if a lot of dev' are going to repackage their app "play-service" free for one vendor (wouldn't be surprising for popular app tho').

Post by qmarchi » Wed, May 22, 2019, 1:33 PM UTC

captainbland wrote: post #7

bengale wrote: post #4

Will it work without ARM?

For the time being I understand that the ban doesn't actually stop Huawei from using ARM chips - it stops ARM from co-operating to help them build their own chips, e.g. their Kirin line of processors. So either they could just fork their design and stop keeping in lock-step with ARM (while maintaining a level of compatibility) or just start sourcing parts from third parties.

Post by Palptine » Wed, May 22, 2019, 1:37 PM UTC

qmarchi wrote: post #8

captainbland wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For the time being I understand that the ban doesn't actually stop Huawei from using ARM chips - it stops ARM from co-operating to help them build their own chips, e.g. their Kirin line of processors. So either they could just fork their design and stop keeping in lock-step with ARM (while maintaining a level of compatibility) or just start sourcing parts from third parties.

Not entirely true either, as the ban only applies to the US and ARM is a British company, with a Japanese parent company, so there's no conflict. They just can't use Qualcomm chips. As for Fabs, they can't still use TSMC, Samsung, and the numerous smaller companies in mainland China.