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Digitimes November 4, 2026 By DIGITIMES negative

Decoy processors carry Korean HBM past US export controls into China

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A loophole in US export controls reportedly lets high-bandwidth memory (HBM) made by Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix reach China's AI chip industry. The loophole shows how much Huawei's next-generation processors still depend on foreign memory, while China's domestic suppliers struggle to close the gap.
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