Sources said that the US government is starting to further tighten the export restrictions on China semiconductor manufacturing equipment to prevent China from developing the advanced chip industry.
According to Bloomberg News on Friday (March 10), people familiar with the matter reported that the Bayeng government has introduced the above -mentioned restrictions to some American companies. It is expected that it will announce the earliest next month.After the new rules are introduced, the number of devices listed in the control list is expected to be twice as before, which will bring new obstacles to manufacturers such as Applied Materials.
Under the new regulations, if the US chip equipment manufacturer wants to export equipment to specific countries such as China, it must obtain an export license issued by the US government in advance, including technical support or sales of specific types of products.It also stipulates that American citizens work in China and other countries that pose a threat to national security in China.
People familiar with the matter said that the Biden government plans to coordinate with the two major chip equipment manufacturing countries, Japan and the Netherlands.Even if other countries take more mild export control measures, the United States does not intend to relax restrictions.
Among the costs of millions of dollars in the production semiconductor to millions of dollars, there are currently about 17 export permits.People familiar with the matter said that if Japan and the Netherlands follow up new measures, this number will double.
Among the global chip equipment manufacturers, the United States has three, namely application materials, KLA Corp., and Lam Research Corp..Coupled with Japan's Tokyo Power Science and Technology and Dutch Asmore, these companies control the global chip manufacturing industry.If they cannot buy their best products, it is difficult to build factories with the most advanced chip manufacturing capabilities.
After the news came out, the stock price of the above companies declined. Among them, the stock price of the application materials fell 2.26%on Friday, the Panlin Group fell 2.34%, and Ke Lei recorded a 2.9%decline.
