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The 5 nanometre chip – a customised product known as an application-specific integrated chip (ASIC) – would be compliant with US export restrictions and manufacturing work would be outsourced to Taiwan’s TSMC, the sources added. There have been no publicly announced chip development collaborations between Chinese and US companies involving 5nm or more advanced technology since Washington introduced export controls for cutting-edge semiconductors in 2022.
