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SAMR pushes domestic auto chip quality

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What happened: On November 18, China's market regulator (SAMR) held a conference on boosting the quality of domestically produced automotive chips.
Why we care: The conference readout indicated that SAMR is focused on improving auto chip quality assurance (QA) systems because better QA contributes t...



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