US sanctions forced Huawei into a rapid domestic chip innovation shiftEngineers developed hundreds of chips under severe technological constraintsDomestic semiconductor chain expanded through coordinated industry-wide response effortsWhen the US Department of Commerce added Huawei to its Entity List on May 16, 2019, few observers anticipated the long-term consequences of that decision.Huawei’s chairman, Xu Zhijun, has stated that the United States restrictions on the company have unintentionally strengthened China’s semiconductor industry chain.He made the remarks while reflecting on years of export controls that limited Huawei’s access to advanced chip manufacturing and overseas supply chains.Latest Videos FromSanctions and the shift in semiconductor…