Huawei Reportedly Offers Triple Salaries to Chip Equipment Supplier Employees

Facing significant challenges due to US and Western sanctions on its advanced chip manufacturing ambitions, Huawei is reportedly escalating its efforts to recruit employees from key chip equipment suppliers, including ASML and Zeiss, offering salaries up to three times higher than their current compensation. Circumventing Sanctions Through Talent Acquisition US sanctions, initiated during the Trump administration and expanded under the Biden administration, have severely restricted Huawei's access to advanced chips and chip manufacturing equipment, including ASML's crucial EUV lithography machines. These sanctions have also impacted SMIC, China's largest contract chip manufacturer, forcing them to rely on older equipment and complex multi-patterning techniques. According to a Wall Street Journal report, Huawei is now targeting employees of Zeiss, a German company and key ASML supplier known for its advanced lenses used in semiconductor fabrication. The report indicates that H…