US curbs exports to Chinese chip toolmakers
(VOVWORLD) - US media said Monday that the US will launch its third crackdown on China’s semiconductor industry, curbing exports to 140 companies including chip equipment maker Naura Technology Group, and chip toolmakers Piotech and SiCarrier Technology.
The move is one of the Biden administration’s last large-scale efforts to stymie China’s ability to access and produce chips that can help advance artificial intelligence (AI) for military applications.
The package includes curbs on China-bound shipments of high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, critical for high-end applications like AI training; new curbs on 24 additional chipmaking tools, and three software tools.
The new rules will expand control over the export of chip manufacturing equipment by US, Japanese, and Dutch companies to other countries and territories, such as Malaysia, Singapore, Israel, Taiwan (China), and South Korea. The US will have the authority to manage items containing its chips, even if produced abroad.
In October 2022, the US published a set of controls on sale and manufacture of certain high-end chips that was considered to be the biggest shift in its tech policy toward China since the 1990s.