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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

Huawei’s China-made chip used US gear from Applied Materials and Lam Research, complicating self-sufficiency drive

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Huawei’s China-made chip used US gear from Applied Materials and Lam Research, complicating self-sufficiency drive

Shanghai-based SMIC used gear from California-based Applied Materials and Lam Research to manufacture an advanced 7-nanometre chip for Huawei in 2023, the people said, asking not to be named as the details are not public. The previously unreported information suggests that China still cannot entirely replace certain foreign components and equipment required for cutting-edge products … Read more