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Detailed explanation-1: -Washington issued an order in October barring U.S. companies from supplying semiconductor chips, chipmaking devices, and updates for past sales to Chinese companies. It also prohibited American citizens from working for Chinese semiconductor firms.
Detailed explanation-2: -A: For the past decade, China has spent more money importing chips than it has importing oil, because China has been unable to produce advanced chips like those in phones, PCs, and servers at home.
Detailed explanation-3: -The restrictions also block blacklisted Chinese microchip companies from employing American citizens; those who remain with the companies risk losing their citizenship. On aggregate, these restrictions strike a major blow to China’s ability to produce supercomputers needed to generate AI algorithms.
Detailed explanation-4: -China’s most advanced chipmaker, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Co. or SMIC, is currently making 7nm chips, but not on a huge scale. It is generations behind the likes of TSMC and Samsung which have a roadmap to make 2nm chips.