Alan Estevez

Tech war: US seeks help of allies Japan and Netherlands to curb China’s AI chip progress

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Tech war: US seeks help of allies Japan and Netherlands to curb China’s AI chip progress

ASML and Tokyo Electron machines are used to produce dynamic random access memory dies, which are stacked together to make HBM chips. The United States’ Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security, Alan Estevez, oversees the country’s export controls. Photo: Getty Images The Biden administration has tried for years to limit China’s ability to … Read more

Chinese chip maker SMIC ‘potentially’ broke US law to make Huawei’s 7-nm smartphone processor, lawmaker says

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Chinese chip maker SMIC ‘potentially’ broke US law to make Huawei’s 7-nm smartphone processor, lawmaker says

Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Alan Estevez was questioned about the 7-nanometre processor that SMIC made for Huawei during testimony before lawmakers Thursday. When asked by Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul whether SMIC violated US controls, Estevez said “potentially, yes”. “We’ll assume that it was SMIC,” Estevez said. “I can’t talk … Read more