Huawei Used Tech From U.S. Suppliers To Make 7-Nanometer Chips

Huawei Technologies Co. and its partner Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) relied on US technology to produce an advanced chip in China last year, according to people with knowledge of the matter, Cagan Koc and Mackenzie Hawkins reported for Bloomberg News.

Shanghai-based SMIC used gear from California-based Applied Materials Inc. and Lam Research Corp. to manufacture an advanced 7-nanometer chip for Huawei in 2023. I Photo: Huawei

Shanghai-based SMIC used gear from California-based Applied Materials Inc. and Lam Research Corp. to manufacture an advanced 7-nanometer chip for Huawei in 2023, the people said, asking not to be named as the details are not public.

The disclosure will certainly push the US federal government to tighten the screws on Huawei and eventually prevent it from accessing advanced US technology while urging allies to ban the sale of chips and chemicals used to create wafers and nano-level circuitry.

China has warned about “absurd” US trade curbs while keeping mum on “absurd” trade practices such as industrial espionage and theft of technology.

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