U.S. ordered chip equipment makers to halt some shipments to China's No. 2 chipmaker

Applied Materials, Lam Research, and KLA were among companies receiving Commerce Department letters restricting tool shipments to Hua Hong

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Letters directing a halt to specific tool shipments destined for Hua Hong — China's second-largest chipmaker — were dispatched by the Commerce Department last week to multiple chip equipment firms, Reuters reported. Facilities operated by Hua Hong that Washington believes could be involved in producing the........

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