Huawei, SMIC use US technology to produce advanced chips

The report said SMIC used machines from Applied Materials and California-based Lam Research to produce advanced 7nm chips for Huawei last year. SMIC purchased the technology equipment in October 2022 before the US imposed a ban on selling machines to China in November 2022, according to Reuters.

SMIC uses US technology to produce 7nm chips

In August 2023, Huawei and SMIC cooperated and were able to produce Kirin 9000s - a 5G chip on a 7nm process - to equip the Mate 60 smartphone line. This move received great attention, hailed as a major step forward in semiconductors in China.

According to statistics from market research firm Canalys, in the fourth quarter of 2023, Huawei achieved impressive growth when it shipped 7 million mobile phones, an increase of 5,121% over the same period in 2022.

Bloomberg reported that China is raising more than $27 billion for a chip fund to accelerate development and technology investment to produce advanced chips.

US Commerce Department officials said there was no evidence that SMIC could produce 7nm chips “on a large scale”.

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