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Due to export restrictions imposed in 2020, all American technology supplied to Huawei or its subsidiaries must get an export license from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security, which would review it with a presumption of denial. As a result, Huawei lost access to TSMC's and Samsung Foundry's leading-edge chip production capacities and had to use Qualcomm's system-on-chips for its smartphones while waiting for China-based SMIC to develop a refined version of its 7nm fabrication technology, which some call a 5nm-class production node.
While SMIC is also blacklisted in the U.S. and can get new production tools only if the U.S. DoC BIS grants an appropriate export license, the company has managed to obtain equipment it needed from American companies. Apparently, these tools were used to make chips for Huawei without obtaining an appropriate export license.
McCaul pointed to the $23 billion worth of licenses that the BIS approved for U.S. companies to sell technology to Chinese entities in the Q1 2022, suggesting it shows excessive tolerance.
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While SMIC is also blacklisted in the U.S. and can get new production tools only if the U.S. DoC BIS grants an appropriate export license, the company has managed to obtain equipment it needed from American companies. Apparently, these tools were used to make chips for Huawei without obtaining an appropriate export license.
McCaul pointed to the $23 billion worth of licenses that the BIS approved for U.S. companies to sell technology to Chinese entities in the Q1 2022, suggesting it shows excessive tolerance.
China's SMIC Allegedly Violated U.S. Sanctions Selling Chips to Huawei
SMIC should not have supplied Huawei Kirin 9000s processor, says U.S. lawmaker.