Senior Trump officials say SMIC has been sending chipmaking tools to Iran for about a year; the US has sanctioned the company over alleged Chinese military ties
SMIC, China's largest chipmaker, has sent chipmaking tools to Iran's military, two senior Trump administration officials said on Thursday …
Sources: the Chinese government is intervening in how SMIC distributes its chip output for AI, prioritizing Huawei amid US export restrictions on advanced chips
Shortages of advanced AI chips are so acute that Beijing is intervening and tech companies are resorting to workarounds
TechInsights: Huawei's MateBook Fold uses SMIC's 7nm chip, like the Mate 60 Pro that stunned the US two years ago, suggesting export rules are hampering Huawei
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Taiwan imposes export controls on Huawei, SMIC, and some of their subsidiaries, restricting their access to tech and equipment necessary for AI chip production
Taiwan's International Trade Administration has included Huawei, SMIC and several of their subsidiaries in an update …
Taiwan is investigating 11 Chinese tech firms, including SMIC, which is being probed for allegedly poaching engineers to access the island's advanced chip tech
Taiwan is investigating whether China's leading chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. illegally poached local engineers …
Sources: Huawei and SMIC are struggling to make chips for Huawei's next flagship, the Mate 70, due to US restrictions; Huawei was aiming for a September release
Huawei Technologies, whose phones are a major competitor to Apple's iPhones in China, has scheduled a big product announcement for next Tuesday …
Sources say SMIC used equipment from California-based Applied Materials and Lam Research to manufacture an advanced 7nm chip in China for Huawei in 2023
- SMIC used Applied Materials and Lam equipment to make 7nm chip — US wants to further limit China's access to foreign chip tech
Sources: the US sent letters in 2023 to US suppliers of SMIC suspending permission to sell to its most advanced plant, after SMIC produced a chip for Huawei
Sources: chip equipment maker Applied Materials is under a US DOJ criminal investigation for possibly evading export restrictions on SMIC, China's top chipmaker
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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 B...