citing five people familiar with the matter, noted that the Commerce Department is trying to figure out how to ban exports of tools that are sent to factories for Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (OTCQX:SMICY) or SMIC, to prevent them from making semiconductors at 14 nanometer node and smaller.The government agency would also let those tools be sent to factories to make less advanced semiconductors, as the globe still deals with a semiconductor shortage exacerbated by the pandemic.SMIC started producing 14 nm chips in 2019, the company has previously said.The Commerce Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Seeking Alpha.However, a spokesman told Reuters that “with respect to semiconductor-related export license applications in particular, (Commerce) and the other reviewing agencies.
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