Even if they are nominally bound by sanctions, I expect they would ignore them at will / when convenient.
—”Top 8 China Computer Brands”
And they intend to remain in the top eight.
Risking the loss of the US/euro market to produce a Raspberry Pi competitor has no appeal.
Yes the Chinese copy and steal lots, but do pay for licensing agreements on some items.
To lose the rights to vital components while chasing a low-profit product, not going to happen.
The Russians produce only the lowest-level digital products.
It wasn’t always like that, they once pushed trinary computers! Yes, three-state logic makes my brain hurt but had its advantages.