During a press conference after the company's fall product launch conference, Huang said that the restrictions disclosed earlier this month have specific thresholds for both the performance of a chip as well as the processor's ability to connect other chips that leave "a large space for us" in the Chinese market.

"The vast majority of our customers are not affected by the specification. So our expectation is that for the United States and also for China, we will have a large number of products that are architecturally compatible, that are within the limits and that require no license at all," Huang said.

(Reporting by Stephen Nellis)