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Significance This level of sophistication is not the most advanced on the market: Apple’s M3 chips, as well as the A17 powering the most recent version of the iPhone, use 3nm chips. Impacts SMIC will have to improve yield and reduce costs in order for its chips to serve the Chinese domestic consumer market. The full effect of US semiconductor sanctions is only now starting to bite but Washington could tighten the restrictions still further. US-China tech rivalry increasingly looms over the global EV market due to the latter’s use of semiconductors.
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