Huawei Utilizes U.S. Technology for Chip Breakthrough Amid Tightened Export Controls
Despite U.S. restrictions, Huawei and SMIC successfully manufacture an advanced 7-nanometer chip using American and Dutch technology, challenging efforts to limit China's semiconductor capabilities.
- Huawei and its partner SMIC used technology from U.S. companies Applied Materials and Lam Research, along with Dutch company ASML, to produce an advanced 7-nanometer chip.
- The chip, used in Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro smartphone, represents a significant leap in China's semiconductor fabrication capabilities, despite being behind global leaders.
- U.S. restrictions aimed at limiting China's access to advanced semiconductor technology have not fully prevented Huawei and SMIC from making progress in chip manufacturing.
- The U.S. Department of Commerce and Republican lawmakers are investigating the breakthrough and considering further actions to ensure national security.
- Huawei's success with the Mate 60 Pro has sparked a wave of patriotic smartphone buying in China, even as it faces challenges in advancing its technology without access to ASML's extreme ultraviolet lithography systems.
South China Morning Post 
