YMTC’s Chip Breakthrough Shows Weakness of U.S. Export Controls
Last year, the U.S. imposed export controls designed to curtail the flow of American chipmaking technology to Chinese semiconductor firms. Soon after, one of China’s top chipmakers, YMTC, was added to the Entity List. Both actions were long awaited, but were they too little, too late? The evidence is mounting and suggests the federal government has much work ahead of it to properly curtail the Chinese semiconductor industry while also bolstering American production.
The latest example comes from TechInsights, which recently reported that it discovered “the world’s most advanced 3D NAND memory chip in a consumer device.” Shockingly, its manufacturer is YMTC—a company with proven ties to the Chinese military. The fact that YMTC can continue to make world-leading chips… Read More