The U.S. imposed a trade ban on China’s top chipmaker


Department of S.I.M.C. Not directly commented on, but stated Reuters That U.S. There was “constant monitoring and evaluation” of potential threats to security and foreign policy.

SMIC, meanwhile, was found to have caught on surprisingly. A spokesman said the chip giant had not received any official word of the ban and denied having any military link. According to the representative, the company chips and services are “for civilian and commercial end users and end uses only.”

Semiconductor maker Huawei is the second top company to be added to the entity list. While the effect of the ban will not be clear until the Commerce Department decides who (if any) will get the license, it could be a significant blow to Chinese technology as a whole. Whenever S.I.M.C. It is called the U.S. U.S. The tech may have to turn to whenever it wants to upgrade its product or maintain the hardware, and there is no guarantee of what it needs. It can find itself behind competitors who have access to huge devices.

This could have a knock-on effect for SMIC-based companies. Huawei has hired SMIC to make some Kirin chips in its phones. Need, especially TSMC. After losing the losing cess of such partners – if the SMIC. It could face more difficulties if it fails to meet demands under the new sanctions. Don’t be surprised if the Chinese government retaliates with comparative sanctions on American companies.