2023-09-08 06:10:26
The U.S. government has launched a formal investigation into the discovery that Chinese telecommunications equipment giant Huawei’s latest smartphone, the Mate 60 Pro, uses cutting-edge semiconductors made in China. The incident has sparked a new debate in the United States regarding the effectiveness of sanctions aimed at containing the technological advances of geopolitical rival China.
The U.S. Department of Commerce, which has enacted a series of regulations once morest Huawei and the Chinese semiconductor industry over the past two years, has requested more information regarding what is believed to be a 7-nanometer processor found in the Mate 60 Pro. We are trying to collect.
Huawei’s latest smartphone “Mate 60 Pro”
Photographer: James Park/Bloomberg
This semiconductor is manufactured by Chushin International Integrated Circuit Manufacturing (SMIC). Like Huawei, the company is on the US blacklist and has restricted access to US technology.
The discovery that Huawei products use technology that the United States has tried to prevent China from acquiring might derail recent efforts by the Biden administration.
Questions are being asked whether this represents a failure of US Commerce Department-led efforts to frustrate China’s technology sector, and whether key US mechanisms for controlling exports of critical goods, equipment and know-how need to be strengthened. raise
“We are working to gather further information regarding the characteristics and composition of the purported 7-nanometer chip,” a Commerce Department spokesperson said in a statement. “I want to be clear that export controls are just one of a series of tools the U.S. government uses to address the national security threat posed by China,” he said.
“The regulations that have been in place since 2019 have devastated Huawei and forced it to rebuild, at great cost to the Chinese government.”
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White House National Security Advisor Sullivan said the United States would refrain from commenting until it had gathered more information. “We will look into this matter carefully and consult with our partners to find out more. We will then make a decision,” the aide told reporters on the president’s plane on the 7th.
Original title:US Probes Made-in-China Huawei Chip as Alarm in Washington Grows(excerpt)
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