The country’s Ministry of Commerce intends to tighten restrictions on the export of semiconductors to China, effective from 2020.
The US administration plans to expand restrictions on the supply of semiconductors for the production of chips and artificial intelligence tools in China in October. This was reported by Reuters on September 11, citing sources.
It was noted that the US Department of Commerce will publish new rules for the export of semiconductors, which have already been mentioned in letters to three US companies – KLA Corp., Lam Research Corp. and Applied Materials Inc.
The agency banned them from sending chip-making equipment to Chinese factories that make advanced semiconductors with process technology below 14 nanometers without permission.
In addition, the Ministry of Commerce will consolidate the policies contained in the letters to Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices in August. Companies have had to suspend the supply of certain types of computing chips for artificial intelligence systems, unless they have a special license.
According to one of the interlocutors of the agency, the US authorities may introduce licensing requirements for the supply of products with targeted chips in China. The list may include data center servers containing the Nvidia A100 chip from Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Super Micro Computer.
It emphasizes that “informed” letters allow the Department of Commerce to skip the lengthy rule-writing process and quickly implement controls, but they apply only to recipients.
According to Reuters, the Joe Biden administration is “seeking to hinder China’s progress by targeting technologies in which the United States still leads.” Representatives of the American government also turned to allies to convince them of the need to introduce similar restrictions.
Recall that in June, the Ministry of Economy of Taiwan imposed a ban on the export of modern chips to Russia and Belarus.
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