To curb sensitive technologies and high -level talents
Taiwan has published his updated list on the control of technological exports starting from the microchips, including Chinese giants such as Huawei and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC). The move of the administration for international trade in the Ministry of Economic Affairs, announced on the weekend, is a serious blow for the Chinese technological industry, in particular for its ambitions related to the development of chips for artificial intelligence on a national scale.
To do business with Huawei, Smic or their foreign branches, companies will have to get the approval of the central government of Taipei. The new measures are a Taiwan attempt to repress the theft of sensitive technologies and high -level talents in the chip sector, they reported local media.
Smic is the largest mandarin manufacturer of chip, while Huawei is at the center of Beijing’s efforts for the development of the processors for artificial intelligence.
TSMC, the Taiwanese giant of semiconductors, is the main manufacturer of contract chips in the world, controlling the largest share of the most advanced microchips. Without direct access to TSMC supplies, more resources will be needed to make use of third party operators in order to support the Chinese internal development of artificial intelligence technologies.
The list of export controls mentions “specific technologies and products relating to the production of chips and the construction of plants”.
The measures aim to hinder China’s plans to establish a supply network for the construction of “secret chip plants”, based on what was also solicited by the United States.
