The US prohibits two firms from selling sophisticated chips to China in the latest move of intensifying containment of China s high-tech sector including artificial intelligence (AI) and supercomputing. The US may further escalate crackdown on China s key chip links by restricting US firms business and sales of more key chipmaking equipment and materials, but industry insiders are optimistic about the prospect of China breaking US stranglehold given achievements already made in aspects like chipmaking tools.
China formally released the STAR Chip Index on Monday to track the performances of leading firms in such fields as semiconductor materials and equipment, chip design, and chip packaging and testing, aiming to attract more capital investment into the increasingly crucial industry amid broadening US crackdown campaign.
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(March 3): In just two decades, China sent people into space, built its own aircraft carrier and developed a stealth fighter jet. Now the world’s youngest superpower is setting out to prove its capabilities once more this time in semiconductors.
At stake is nothing less than the future of the world’s No. 2 economy. Beijing’s blueprint for chip supremacy is enshrined in a five-year economic vision to be unveiled during a summit of top leaders in the capital this week. It’s a multi-layered strategy both pragmatic and ambitious in scope, embracing aspirations to replace pivotal US suppliers and fend off Washington, while molding homegrown champions in emergent technologies.
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