China declares US chips unsafe, urges companies to use domestic semiconductors

Date:
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 14:29:00 +0000

Description:
China has warned organizations against the use of US chips, as well as 
banning mineral exports used in US military applications.

FULL STORY

China has hit back against the latest round of US sanctions by declaring US
semiconductors "no longer safe" for use by Chinese organizations. 

Earlier this week, the US issued its third round of sanctions that look to
limit Chinas ability to produce semiconductors domestically by restricting
companies from selling chip assembly technology to China. 

China did not offer any evidence or reasoning as to why US semiconductors 
were unsafe, but it is likely an attempt to steer Chinese markets away from
using imported chips from companies such as Nvidia, AMD, and Intel and on to
domestic productions.

Chip war continues

China's warning isnt a ban on US chips per se, but the Internet Society of
China told companies to carefully consider their choice of semiconductor
manufacturers, and urged organizations to use Chinas growing domestic market
of chips proactively. 

Last year, China added several specific semiconductors produced by Intel, 
AMD, and other chip manufacturers to a blacklist , forcing companies to shift
away from Western technology. Moreover, a group representing Chinas
cybersecurity professionals claimed that Intel was installing backdoors into
CPUs to be used by the NSA for espionage. 

Additionally, China has banned the export of gallium, antimony, and germanium
to the US due to their use in both military and civilian applications. China
accounts for 98% of the world's raw gallium production, 48% of antimony, and
83% of germanium, causing prices to skyrocket and likely forcing the US to
seek alternative sources. 

As part of the warning against the use of US semiconductors, the China
Association of Communication Enterprises has urged Beijing to investigate
potential supply chain vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure that use
Western-produced semiconductors.

Via Reuters

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mpanies-to-use-domestic-semiconductors

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