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We can feel the impact already along the whole industrial chain

some fabricators are unable to buy equipment, and the designs of some advanced process nodes of some chip design companies are also affected by the restrictions," said the researcher, who asked not to be named.


some fabricators are unable to buy equipment, and the designs of some advanced process nodes of some chip design companies are also affected by the restrictions," said the researcher, who asked not to be named.

Data released by Chinese customs on December 21 showed that China imported $2.3 billion worth of chip manufacturing equipment in November, a year-on-year decrease of more than 40 percent, the highest since May 2020. 

After the US intensified its ban, any progress in the advanced process - 14 nanometer or above - would be hard to make breakthrough in the short term if US maintains its curbs, Han Xiaomin, general manager of Jiwei Insights in Beijing, told the Global Times on Tuesday, warning about "relatively" long period before catching up.