• YMTC Refines Chip Tech With Chinese Tools, TechInsights Says

    From ltlee1@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 18 16:46:56 2024
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/ymtc-advances-chip-tech-with-chinese-tools-techinsights-says/ar-AA1qLVHi
    "(Bloomberg) -- China’s Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. has made
    progress in replacing foreign chipmaking technology with homegrown
    alternatives and its latest storage products now rival global market
    leaders, according to new research from TechInsights.

    The memory maker, one of a number of semiconductor companies subject to
    US trade sanctions designed to rein in China’s tech advances, is working
    with gear from Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. China, Naura Technology Group Co. and Piotech Inc., TechInsights analyst David Wei
    said in an interview. While the company still needs and relies on
    equipment from Dutch supplier ASML Holding NV and US-based Lam Research
    Corp., those domestic tools providers are taking up a larger share of
    the burden.

    Trade tensions between Washington and Beijing have led to escalating
    export controls on advanced chips and chipmaking machinery to China,
    hitting companies like YMTC and Huawei Technologies Co. at a time when semiconductors have grown into a strategically and economically critical
    sphere of business. Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged his country
    to achieve self-sufficiency in such crucial fields, and YMTC’s product development is closely watched for signs of progress."

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