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Tom’s Hardware
Tom’s Hardware
Technology
Stephen Warwick

'Instead of crippling China's semiconductor ambitions, U.S. sanctions may be inadvertently accelerating them': Report claims Washington measures could be bolstering China's chip market

Silicon wafer closeup.

A new report claims that U.S. sanctions and restrictions placed on the semiconductor market to stifle China's growth may actually be fueling a rise in China's own semiconductor industry, building a more resilient ecosystem, and inadvertently accelerating China's ambitions in the market.

As reported by Digitimes, although the U.S. and China have agreed on a 90-day trade agreement to suspend the harshest tariffs between the two nations, "tensions in the semiconductor sector are escalating."

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