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Chris McGuire

Chris McGuire

Former White House NSC official, Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow

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Notable Quotes

"Chinese tools could easily be remotely or physically manipulated by Beijing to degrade or even halt U.S. chip production."

Stories

Intel’s China-linked chip tools test blows open CHIPS Act security fight

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Leading public critic of Intel’s use of ACM tools on security grounds

Intel is racing to regain its chipmaking crown with a 14A process backed by billions in U.S. subsidies. In mid-December 2025, Reuters revealed the company had been test-driving critical tools from ACM Research, a China-rooted equipment maker whose Shanghai and Korean units sit on a U.S. export blacklist.

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