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   https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/ymtc-advances-chip-tech-wi   
   h-chinese-tools-techinsights-says/ar-AA1qLVHi   
   "(Bloomberg) -- China’s Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. has made   
   progress in replacing foreign chipmaking technology with homegrown   
   alternatives and its latest storage products now rival global market   
   leaders, according to new research from TechInsights.   
      
   The memory maker, one of a number of semiconductor companies subject to   
   US trade sanctions designed to rein in China’s tech advances, is working   
   with gear from Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. China, Naura   
   Technology Group Co. and Piotech Inc., TechInsights analyst David Wei   
   said in an interview. While the company still needs and relies on   
   equipment from Dutch supplier ASML Holding NV and US-based Lam Research   
   Corp., those domestic tools providers are taking up a larger share of   
   the burden.   
      
   Trade tensions between Washington and Beijing have led to escalating   
   export controls on advanced chips and chipmaking machinery to China,   
   hitting companies like YMTC and Huawei Technologies Co. at a time when   
   semiconductors have grown into a strategically and economically critical   
   sphere of business. Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged his country   
   to achieve self-sufficiency in such crucial fields, and YMTC’s product   
   development is closely watched for signs of progress."   
      
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