U.S. Imposes Export Restrictions on Advanced Memory Chips to China The U.S. is restricting the sale to China of advanced memory chips that are crucial for artificial intelligence development, as part of its annual updates to export controls designed to prevent China from accessing cutting-edge semiconductor technology for military use. This year’s updates cover the sale of high bandwidth memory chips, which are key to training generative AI and which enable faster data processing than traditional memory. In addition to the advanced memories, the new regulation will also bar U.S. companies and citizens from selling two dozen kinds of chipmaking equipment and three software tools to China, the Department of Commerce said on Monday. “They’re the strongest controls ever enacted by the U.S. to degrade the PRC’s ability to make the most advanced chips that they’re using in their military modernization,” Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said in a call with reporters, referring to the People’s Republic of China. The new rules will “set the next administration up to continue the important momentum necessary to preserve American tech security and leadership,” Raimondo added. The Commerce Department is also adding 140 companies to the Entity List, including chipmaking factories, equipment makers, and investment companies. U.S. citizens and companies are prohibited from doing business with those on the list without permission from the Commerce Department. https://www.aljazeera.com.. #🇨🇳 ChinA.I. 🤖🧠🦾🤖