US Probes Made-in-China Chip as Tensions Flare Over Technology
- Commerce working to get more information on purported 7nm chip
- It’s touched off a debate about the efficacy of US sanctions
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The US government has begun an official probe into an advanced made-in-China chip housed within Huawei Technologies Co.’s latest smartphone, as tensions flare between the two superpowers over technological prowess.
The Commerce Department, which enacted a series of restrictions against Huawei and China’s chip industry over the past two years, said it’s working to get more information on a “purported” 7-nanometer processor discovered within the Mate 60 Pro. The chip was made by China’s Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp., which like Huawei is blacklisted by the US and restricted from accessing American technology.