"US Considers Adding Chinese Semiconductor Companies to Blacklist"

"Targeting 6 Companies Including CXMT"

The U.S. Biden administration is reportedly considering additional sanctions against six Chinese semiconductor companies, including Changxin Memory Technologies (CXMT), a major Chinese DRAM semiconductor manufacturer, according to foreign media reports.

On the 8th (local time), Bloomberg News reported that the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is reviewing the inclusion of CXMT on the so-called "entity list," which restricts access to U.S. technology.

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This list already includes China's telecommunications equipment company Huawei, Huawei's semiconductor manufacturing partner SMIC, the Chinese state-owned semiconductor company Shanghai Micro Electronics Equipment (SMEE), and China's largest 3D NAND flash memory manufacturer Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC). The source said that BIS is also considering adding five more Chinese semiconductor companies to the list besides CXMT, but the final targets have not yet been confirmed.

Regarding this, both BIS and the U.S. White House National Security Council (NSC) declined to comment, and CXMT did not immediately respond, Bloomberg reported.

CXMT is a DRAM semiconductor manufacturer established in 2016 by China to catch up with global DRAM manufacturers such as Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and U.S.-based Micron. Supported by the Chinese government, it has quickly grown to become one of the largest DRAM manufacturers within China.

This review of sanctions comes amid intensified efforts within the U.S. to curb China's advanced semiconductor manufacturing capabilities. Last year, when China's telecommunications equipment company Huawei launched the latest smartphone equipped with 7nm chips from its domestic semiconductor company SMIC, calls within the U.S. to strengthen export controls on Chinese semiconductor companies increased.

In response, the U.S. government has tightened regulations, including restricting transactions with SMIC last year, and recently pressuring allies such as South Korea, the Netherlands, Germany, and Japan to strengthen export controls on semiconductor equipment to China.

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