"This approach suggests HiSilicon's focus on refining its existing designs while leveraging SMIC's capabilities in advanced semiconductor manufacturing," it said. HiSilicon is Huawei's chip unit.

It includes six suppliers headquartered in the U.S., two in South Korea, and one each in Taiwan and China. The ranking includes four fabless companies (Broadcom, Qualcomm, Nvidia, and HiSilicon) and ...