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The Huawei juggernaut was literally unstoppable, defying gravity and market conditions - until now, that is. Last week's national emergency declaration by the US president is now manifesting itself as isolation for Huawei, with Google quarantining it out of all but basic Android features. At the time of writing this piece, chipmakers Intel, Qualcomm, Broadcom and Infineon, and memory makers Western Digital and Micron had joined the boycott. Will the ban be a kill-switch for Huawei's ambitions or the right time to reboot? Much like the Chinese fortune cookies, no one can be sure about the prophecy that the ban hides in its belly. The blow may look bad for Huawei, but the company has been preparing to deal with just such a situation. It has had its own chip (the Kirin series) for years. Recently, it has also claimed to have developed an operating system, which it said it'd use only in extenuating circumstances. We'd certainly call these circumstances extenuating, but something that offers Huawei the perfect opportunity to go all-out with its homemade ingredients instead of banking on borrowed sauce. That'll be far better than going back to the 'who are we' era, Huawei.