FCC bans first two devices under new chip-level rule

The FCC has for the first time used its new chip-level rule to ban two devices from sale in the US: a dashcam and a wireless video transmitter. Both contain the HiSilicon Hi3516CV610 Smart Vision SoC with an NPU and built-in face-detection algorithms; HiSilicon is a Huawei subsidiary on the FCC's Covered List.

• Banned devices are a dashcam and a wireless video transmitter using HiSilicon Hi3516CV610
• The SoC packs an NPU and IVE with transformer acceleration for face and object detection
• New rule lets the FCC ban devices by their chips, closing the rebranding loophole
• HiSilicon is a Huawei subsidiary on the FCC Covered List