SMIC, China¡¯s largest chipmaker, has sent chipmaking tools to Iran¡¯s military, two senior officials of U.S. President Donald Trump¡¯s?administration said on Thursday, raising questions about Beijing¡¯s stance in the month-old U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran.
SMIC, ?which has been heavily sanctioned by the U.S. government over alleged ties to the Chinese ?military, began sending ?the tools to Iran roughly a year ago and ¡°we have no reason ?to believe that any of this has stopped,¡± one of the officials said.
The official added that the collaboration ¡°almost certainly included technical training on SMIC¡¯s semiconductor technology.¡±
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