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Equity Long-Short, Semiconductors

Equity Long-Short, Semiconductors, Fabricated Knowledge

Douglas O'Laughlin

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>First, let’s talk about Huawei. I want to highlight how lackadaisically the export restrictions have even been applied.</li><li>BIS granted validated end-user status to SMIC in 2007, which meant that as late as 2020, multiple SMIC entities were still receiving tools from American companies.</li><li>BIS got lobbied by tool makers to undo commerce control list regulations in 2018. Also, AMEC has outright stolen tools from US companies.</li></ul>

First, let’s talk about Huawei. I want to highlight how lackadaisically the export restrictions have even been applied.BIS granted validated end-user status to SMIC in 2007, which meant that as late as 2020, multiple SMIC entities were still receiving tools from American companies.BIS got lobbied by tool makers to undo commerce control list regulations in 2018. Also, AMEC has outright stolen tools from US companies.

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) (981 HK)

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC)

Huawei and Kirin 9000S, Memory Markets, Intel, Nordic, and Broadcom TPUs

Huawei Technology

Huawei and Kirin 9000S, Memory Markets, Intel, Nordic, and Broadcom TPUs