Exclusive-Samsung, SK Hynix test Chinese chip tools as hedge against US risks

Global Market: China stocks hit one-week high as chip rally offsets optical module slump

Chinese equities climbed to a one-week high, led by semiconductor stocks, while Hong Kong shares edged higher. Improving global risk sentiment amid easing Middle East tensions also supported markets. Chip stocks gained after reports that Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are evaluating Chinese chipmaking equipment to reduce exposure to potential tighter US export controls.

Samsung, SK Hynix test Chinese chip tools as hedge against U.S. risks

They are wary that future ⁠restrictions could extend beyond new equipment ​to the servicing, repair or replacement of Western tools already installed at their Chinese plants.

Samsung, SK Hynix test Chinese chip tools to hedge against US risks: Reuters

Samsung and SK Hynix weigh China’s AMEC chipmaking tools amid shifting U.S. export rules—what it means for fabs and Applied Materials, Lam & KLA.

US chip curbs may aid China’s AMEC as Samsung, SK Hynix weigh its tools

Sources say Samsung and SK Hynix evaluated AMEC etching tools for their China factories as a hedge against tighter US controls; Samsung denies testing them.

Exclusive-Samsung, SK Hynix test Chinese chip tools as hedge against US risks

Aug 5 (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are evaluating chipmaking equipment from China’s Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment (AMEC) for possible use at their Chinese factories, three people familiar with the matter said, as the South Korean firms hedge against the risk of tighter U.S. export controls. The memory chipmakers began testing AMEC etching equipment about two years ago, when uncertainty was mounting over ​whether Washington…