However, Bama State could only buy the lithography machine for the 90 nm chip and the 40 nm chip, and it couldn't have the more advanced lithography machine for the 28 nm chip and the 24 nm chip even if it had enough money, because western countries didn't sell them to it.
Over the years, western countries have been banned from exporting high-tech equipment to Bama State.
It could only buy low-tech products. If it wanted to buy high-tech chips, it had to pay a higher price.
This mode had always been so and nothing happened.
But now, the situation was different. Since White Eagle State had made sure that Bama State was its main competitor, it might even ban low-tech products. At that time, Bama State would be impossible to buy the 40 nm lithography machine.
Since this situation was likely to happen, they had to guard against it.