DECOUPLING: Samsung reportedly cutting off chip sales to Huawei. “Samsung and SK Hynix will reportedly stop selling components to Huawei as the Trump administration tightens sanctions on the Chinese phone maker. According to Chosun Ilbo and other Korean news outlets, the companies will suspend trade on September 15th, the day a new set of rules limits dealing with Huawei.”

Related? Huawei planning to produce far fewer phones in 2021. “This is a 74% drop compared to projected shipments in 2020.”