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Commerce Strengthens Export Controls
governmentA key U.S. government policy document relevant to AI governance and compute access controls; important for understanding how export restrictions shape global AI capability distribution and the geopolitics of advanced semiconductor supply chains.
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On December 2, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security announced sweeping export controls targeting China's ability to produce advanced semiconductors for military and AI applications, including controls on 24 types of manufacturing equipment, high-bandwidth memory, and 140 new Entity List additions. This represents the Biden administration's most comprehensive semiconductor export control action, building on prior restrictions from 2022 and 2023. The measures aim to impede China's military modernization and AI development by restricting access to critical chip-making technologies.
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- •Controls 24 types of semiconductor manufacturing equipment and 3 software tools critical for advanced-node chip production used in AI and weapons systems.
- •Adds 140 entities to the Entity List, including PRC tool manufacturers, semiconductor fabs, and investment firms linked to military modernization.
- •Introduces new restrictions on high-bandwidth memory (HBM), a key component for AI accelerator chips.
- •Includes updated 'red flag' compliance guidance to address diversion concerns and close loopholes in prior export control frameworks.
- •Framed as part of a multilateral strategy coordinated with U.S. allies to prevent indigenization of advanced semiconductor production in China.
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Skip to main content FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | December 2, 2024 | Media Contact: [email protected]
Commerce Strengthens Export Controls to Restrict China’s Capability to Produce Advanced Semiconductors for Military Applications
Download as PDF Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced a package of rules designed to further impair the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) capability to produce advanced-node semiconductors that can be used in the next generation of advanced weapon systems and in artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced computing, which have significant military applications. This action is a proactive measure enhancing the Department of Commerce’s work to impede the PRC’s ability to procure and produce the technologies necessary for its military modernization.
The rules include new controls on 24 types of semiconductor manufacturing equipment and 3 types of software tools for developing or producing semiconductors; new controls on high-bandwidth memory (HBM); new red flag guidance to address compliance and diversion concerns; 140 Entity List additions and 14 modifications spanning PRC tool manufacturers, semiconductor fabs, and investment companies involved in advancing the PRC government’s military modernization; and several critical regulatory changes to enhance the effectiveness of our previous controls.
“This action is the culmination of the Biden-Harris Administration’s targeted approach, in concert with our allies and partners, to impair the PRC’s ability to indigenize the production of advanced technologies that pose a risk to our national security,” said U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. “Further strengthening our export controls underscores the central role of the Department of Commerce in executing the United States’ broader national security strategy. No Administration has been tougher in strategically addressing China’s military modernization through export controls than the Biden-Harris Administration.”
“The United States has taken significant steps to protect our technology from being used by our adversaries in ways that threaten our national security. As technology evolves, and our adversaries seek new ways to evade restrictions, we will continue to work with our allies and partners to proactively and aggressively safeguard our world-leading technologies and know-how so they aren’t used to undermine our national security,” said National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.
“This action builds on BIS’s laser-focused work, undertaken over the past few years, t
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