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China blacklists Canada's TechInsights after Huawei chip teardown reports

By MLex Staff ( October 10, 2025, 07:48 GMT | Insight) -- China has added Canadian semiconductor research platform TechInsights to its “unreliable entity” list, signaling Beijing’s resolve to protect its domestic chipmakers and assert control over the industry’s development. The Ottawa-based consultancy's addition to the list follows the publication of its teardown report on Huawei’s latest artificial-intelligence chip, the Ascend 910C. The move came alongside a new tightening of export controls on rare earths — another effort aimed at reinforcing China’s control over critical inputs for semiconductor manufacturing. China has added Canadian semiconductor research firm TechInsights to its “unreliable entity” list after the company published a report exposing some of Huawei’s most closely guarded chip designs, underscoring Beijing’s determination to protect its domestic chipmakers and tighten control over the industry’s development....

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