Your Web News in One Place

Help Webnuz

Referal links:

Sign up for GreenGeeks web hosting
September 14, 2022 12:51 pm GMT

US Strengthens China Export Bans, Limiting Access to Manufacturing Technology

The US Department of Commerce is in the process of increasing the stranglehold in tech exports directed to Chinese shores. The move is being made through the delivery of letters to US-based technology companies - namely KLA Corp, Lam Research Corp and Applied Materials Inc. - ordering them to stop the export of machines and equipment that can be used for sub-14 nm manufacturing. The move by the Department of Commerce only has validity for the companies that have been served by such a letter - at least until the Department codifies its newest regulations.

This means that only sellers with approved export licenses can keep doing business with Beijing, thus limiting the US companies China can work with as it aims to achieve at least a degree of self-sufficiency in the latest chipmaking tech. Perhaps the decision has come too late, however, as China's mainstay silicon manufacturing, SMIC, already manufactures chips at the 14 nm process (chips that have been deployed in China's Tinahu Light supercomputer already) and has even showcased manufacturing capability in the 7 nm field. It pays to remember that the US already had applied similar restrictions on equipment experts to China for the better part of two years - which apparently did little to stem China's capability to create increasingly denser semiconductor designs.

Original Link: https://www.techpowerup.com/298859/us-strengthens-china-export-bans-limiting-access-to-manufacturing-technology

Share this article:    Share on Facebook
View Full Article

TechPowerUp

Leading tech publication

More About this Source Visit TechPowerUp