ADADSMIC and other chip manufacturers depend on U.S. software and chip-making machinery to produce semiconductors. ADSMIC has helped CETC test new manufacturing technologies and has used CETC technologies in its own manufacturing, according to the report. SOS also said Chinese military researchers have disclosed in research papers using SMIC technology to manufacture chips. ADRestricting U.S. tech exports has become a favorite Trump administration tool to counter China’s rise as a technology and military power and to punish Chinese entities for alleged human rights abuses. ADFounded in 2000 in Shanghai, SMIC ranks among the top five semiconductor manufacturers in the world, according to a report from the United States International Trade Commission, or USITC.

Source: Washington Post September 26, 2020 16:07 UTC