Sources: SMIC used ASML's DUV machines to produce its 7nm chip used by Huawei; ASML has never sold its EUV tools to China, but older DUV models can be retooled
- SMIC mixed ASML tech with other tools in Huawei chip: sources — New US controls regulate sale of some ASML machines in China Bluesky: @elkmovie.bsky.social . X: @silvermanjacob and @sarahannjacob Bluesky: Michael Love / @elkmovie.bsky.social : This was the subject of a huge freak-out for a week or two, but now it seems like the experts who suggested that they were using older technology for 7nm and throwing money at the problem of low yields were, in fact, correct. [embedded post] X: Jacob Silverman / @silvermanjacob : I know it's part of a broader tapestry of real national security and supply chain issues, but it's funny that an ongoing foreign policy crisis for the US government revolves around the fact that a Chinese company made a cool phone. https://www.bloomberg.com/... [image] Sarah Jacob / @sarahannjacob : SCOOP ALERT: China's SMIC used equipment from ASML to manufacture an advanced processor for a Huawei smartphone that alarmed the US, sources say https://www.bloomberg.com/... via @technology by @cagankoc and @DBaazil