US to reportedly sanction 200 more Chinese chip firms — high bandwidth memory might also see export bans

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The US government may introduce a new series of sanctions affecting at least 200 domestic chip makers in China, per a report from Reuters. These new regulations came to light in an e-mail by the US Chamber of Commerce to its members - the largest lobbying group in the US - also hinting at a forthcoming ban-hammer on the export of High Bandwidth Memory (HBM).

For the past few years, the US and China have waged a chip war, and recent policies have limited the export of equipment manufactured on US soil. These policies have not only thrown a wrench in China's ambitions to rise to the highest ranks in the semiconductor world but also the finances of global players like Nvidia, who are barred from exporting high-performance GPUs to China. Nonetheless, China is ambitiously working hard to achieve a sort of chip-autarky, but that comes with its own set of caveats, as it'd not only have to design its chips but also manufacture them.

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Hassam Nasir
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Hassam Nasir is a die-hard hardware enthusiast with years of experience as a tech editor and writer, focusing on detailed CPU comparisons and general hardware news. When he’s not working, you’ll find him bending tubes for his ever-evolving custom water-loop gaming rig or benchmarking the latest CPUs and GPUs just for fun.