Washington has imposed new restrictive measures on the export of microchips and software to China

The United States today announced a series of new restrictions on the export of semiconductors (microchips) to China, aimed at “impeding its ability to acquire and produce the technologies necessary to modernize” its military forces, the Commerce Department said. . These new rules will make it harder for China to make semiconductors that “could be used in the next generation of weapons as well as artificial intelligence (AI),” the ministry said in a statement. It is the third set of measures imposed by Washington in three years, limiting microchip and software exports to 140 companies to prevent China from gaining access to technologies that would boost artificial intelligence for military purposes or threaten US national security. . The new restrictions apply to Chinese semiconductor companies Piotech, SiCarrier Technology and Naura Technology Group, among others. China immediately warned that it would take its own measures to protect its rights. […]
Source: News Beast

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