"The U.S. has been using ever-tightening trade restrictions to limit the flow of high-end microchips to China, along with the gear to make them. The goal is to try to keep Beijing behind in artificial intelligence and to prevent China's military from acquiring the best chips. But this chip "blockade," as some see it, has been a rallying cry in China even as Trump appears poised to loosen it."
"SiCarrier, known as Xinkailai in Chinese, is just four years old. But it's hailed as a key player on China's "national team" a group of state-backed companies that are hustling to try to overcome Western tech restrictions. (SiCarrier did not make any executives available for interviews with NPR at the expo.) In the shadow of U.S. export controls, the Chinese government has been doubling down on its pursuit of tech self-sufficiency, pouring upward of $200 billion into efforts to create a modern and self-reliant chip industry. Chinese chips lag the best in class, especially for AI. And while China can design and prototype relatively advanced chips, it"
SiCarrier, a four-year-old government-backed Chinese company, makes epitaxy and atomic layer deposition equipment for microchip fabrication and drew strong interest at a Shenzhen expo. The U.S. has tightened trade restrictions to limit high-end microchips and manufacturing gear to China to slow Chinese advances in AI and military capabilities. The restrictions have prompted China to intensify a state-led push for semiconductor self-sufficiency, with more than $200 billion invested in building a modern domestic chip industry. State-backed 'national team' firms are racing to replace Western technology. Chinese chips lag top global offerings, particularly for AI, but China can design and prototype relatively advanced chips.
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