Washington has unveiled sweeping new regulations aimed at curbing China’s ability to develop advanced semiconductors critical to military technologies, artificial intelligence, and hi-tech weaponry. The measures, announced on Monday by the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security, impose export restrictions on 24 types of chipmaking equipment and three categories of software essential for semiconductor…
By Karen Freifeld and Fanny Potkin NEW YORK/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The U.S. ordered Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co to halt shipments of advanced chips to Chinese customers that are often used in artificial intelligence applications starting Monday, according to a person familiar with the matter. The Department of Commerce sent a letter to TSMC imposing export…
China has reported “prominent results” in its hunt for green-energy minerals, with the Ministry of Natural Resources saying new deposits of the resources deemed crucial for national security had been discovered. Among those at the top of the list released by the ministry last week were gold, copper, molybdenum, phosphorite and fluorite – minerals important…
(Reuters) -Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) said on Tuesday it has informed the United States of a potential attempt by Huawei to circumvent U.S. export controls prohibiting the chipmaker from producing AI chips for the Chinese company. The U.S. government restricted the export of high-end AI chips to China two years ago, citing the need…
(Reuters) -Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) said on Tuesday it has informed the United States of a potential attempt to have it manufacture AI chips for China’s Huawei in circumvention of export controls. The U.S. government restricted the export of high-end AI chips to China two years ago, citing the need to limit the Chinese…
China is stepping up export controls on items that can be used for both military and civilian purposes, in what observers called “a timely move” that safeguards the country’s national security against a set of external hostilities. No details were released of the regulation that was approved last week by the State Council to control…