Chinese chipmakers have big incentives to develop alternatives to ASML machines they cannot buy under U.S.-led restrictions. These have become a headache for ASML since 2018, as Washington seeks to limit Beijing s ability to make its own advanced chips.
A Reuters review of hundreds of tender documents shows 10 Chinese entities acquired advanced Nvidia chips embedded in server products made by Super Micro Computer Inc., Dell Technologies Inc. and Taiwan's Gigabyte Technology Co Ltd after the U.S. on Nov. 17 expanded the embargo to subject more chips and countries to licensing rules. Specifically, the servers contained some of Nvidia's most advanced chips, according to the previously unreported tenders fulfilled between Nov. 20 and Feb. 28.
11. COVID-19 and Life Sciences</strong>, the US government has used a wide variety of
public procurement and funding strategies for needed medical
countermeasures during the pandemic.
The U.S. government asked South Korea to adjust its fab tool export controls to prevent shipments of advanced fab equipment from going to China. Whether South Korea will implement these adjustments remains to be seen.