US imposes new export control restrictions on chips

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On October 7, local time, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced on its official website a series of more comprehensive new export control regulations to restrict China’s access to advanced computing chips, the development and maintenance of supercomputers, and the manufacture of advanced semiconductors. ability.

The new rules are set out in letters the U.S. government sent earlier this year to KLA Corp, Lam Research Corp and Applied Materials Inc. restrictions, and some of these regulations take effect immediately.

The sweeping set of export controls announced this time is aimed at denying China access to certain semiconductor chips made with U.S. tools anywhere in the world. That means top U.S. semiconductor equipment suppliers must stop sending equipment to Chinese-owned companies that make advanced logic chips.

According to its announcement, the restrictions on semiconductor manufacturing projects will take effect on October 7, and restrictions on the ability of Americans to support the development, production or application of integrated circuits based on China’s indigenous semiconductor manufacturing “facilities” will take effect on October 12. Advanced computing and supercomputer controls and other updates in the rules will go into effect on October 21.

The U.S. export-control package unveiled on Monday could equate to the largest U.S. policy shift in exporting technology to China since the 1990s. If implemented effectively, the new measures would push back China’s chip manufacturing by forcing U.S. companies and foreign companies using U.S. technology to cut support for some of China’s most advanced factories and chip design firms.

“This will set China back many years,” said Lewis, a technology and cybersecurity expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) think tank in Washington, D.C. “China won’t give up on chip manufacturing … but it will really set their (development) back.” ) slow down.”

Previously, the restrictions proposed by the Commerce Department in letters to companies including KLA Corp, Lam Research and Applied Materials effectively required them to stop exporting chip-making equipment to Chinese factories that make advanced chips .

In addition, on August 31, GPU giant Nvidia disclosed in a regulatory filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that the U.S. government has introduced a new export license control that will affect Nvidia’s exports of two high-performance products to China and Russia. GPU products.

Source: Comprehensive Lianhe Zaobao, Tianmu News

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