www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/...nd-chip-making-machines
"Chinese companies like Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) have ramped up their purchases of the machines needed to make silicon wafers and computer chips. China became the largest market for such equipment in 2020, according to a December report from SEMI, an industry association. With Huawei and other tech companies stockpiling chips ahead of US restrictions, imports surged about 14 per cent in 2020. Huawei was blacklisted by the US government...
One of the big winners of that surge in chip demand was Taiwan, with orders at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp and other firms climbing and Taiwan’s economic growth outpacing China’s for the first time in 30 years...."
"Chinese companies like Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) have ramped up their purchases of the machines needed to make silicon wafers and computer chips. China became the largest market for such equipment in 2020, according to a December report from SEMI, an industry association. With Huawei and other tech companies stockpiling chips ahead of US restrictions, imports surged about 14 per cent in 2020. Huawei was blacklisted by the US government...
One of the big winners of that surge in chip demand was Taiwan, with orders at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp and other firms climbing and Taiwan’s economic growth outpacing China’s for the first time in 30 years...."