Subject type: Memory manufacturer, state-backed Jurisdiction: People's Republic of China Also known as: Yangtze Memory Technologies Co, 长江存储 File opened: 31 August 2026 Last updated: 31 August 2026 Origin YMTC was founded in 2016 in Wuhan, built around Tsinghua Unigroup and state investment funds, with the explicit objective of giving China a domestic NAND flash producer. … [Read more...] about YMTC: Yangtze Memory Technologies, NAND Capability and Entity List Exposure
Semiconductors
SMIC: China’s Largest Foundry, Process Capability and the Limits of Export Control
Subject type: Semiconductor foundry, state-backed Jurisdiction: People's Republic of China Also known as: Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, 中芯国际 File opened: 29 August 2026 Last updated: 29 August 2026 Origin SMIC was founded in 2000 in Shanghai by Richard Chang, a Taiwan-born executive who had worked at Texas Instruments, with capital from international … [Read more...] about SMIC: China’s Largest Foundry, Process Capability and the Limits of Export Control