WASHINGTON — The recent U.S. decision to tighten export controls on advanced semiconductors was driven by a fear that China could use artificial intelligence and advanced computing to alter the nature of future warfare, according to analysts. Those concerns have been accentuated by the use of AI in the Gaza and Ukraine conflicts, including Ukrainian drones identifying and…
NEW YORK/TAIPEI — The U.S. added 140 companies including Chinese semiconductor toolmaking and software firms to a trade restriction list on Monday in one of the biggest efforts to curtail Chinese advances in the high-tech sector. The targets include Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. and Huawei-linked companies. China’s top chipmaking equipment firms, including Beijing Naura, ACM Research and Piotech, also were…
Washington lawmakers are going after firms that make equipment for semiconductor manufacturing as the Joe Biden administration mulls more export controls to restrict China’s hi-tech advances. On Thursday, the Democratic and Republican leaders of the House select committee on China sent letters to five American, Dutch and Japanese companies, requesting detailed information about the companies’…
A senior American official on Thursday lauded improved cooperation with the Chinese government on export controls meant to prevent the transfer of sensitive technologies to the mainland. Since the end of coronavirus lockdowns in China, mainland authorities have been more helpful in conducting “end-user checks” on companies that buy products sold by US firms, said…