News Chinese fab banned from using US technology

[NTMBK]

SMIC have been added to the Entity List. For those unfamiliar, that means that they are not allowed to buy any US originating technology- so it's going to get a lot harder for SMIC to operate.

Commerce Adds China’s SMIC to the Entity List, Restricting Access to Key Enabling U.S. Technology

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) in the Department of Commerce (Commerce) added Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) of China to the Entity List. BIS is taking this action to protect U.S.

www.commerce.gov

 

[moinmoin]

In completely unrelated news...

https://www.eetimes.eu/eu-signs-e145bn-declaration-to-develop-next-gen-processors-and-2nm-technology/