TSMC veteran: Huawei and SMIC advances show futility of US chip sanctions

Huawei and SMIC's chip advances show US sanctions are futile, says TSMC veteran Burn Lin.

SMIC can likely reach 5nm node with existing ASML lithography equipment.

Beyond 5nm, China will experiment with new materials and packaging to advance chips.

US ban on TSMC supplying Huawei gave SMIC orders to improve manufacturing.

Yangtze Memory producing advanced memory chips despite US export curbs.