Reuters: Micron Urges US Congress to Legislate Restrictions on Chinese Rivals' Access to Chip Equipment
According to Reuters, US memory chip giant Micron Technology is lobbying Congress to pass the MATCH Act. The bill seeks to impose tighter export controls on chipmaking equipment bound for Chinese competitors like YMTC, even forcing foreign firms like ASML to comply.
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(CNA, Washington, 22nd, Composite Foreign Release) According to sources familiar with the matter, Micron Technology, the largest US memory chip maker, is pushing the US Congress to pass a bill that would impose new export control measures on equipment used by its Chinese competitors to manufacture chips.
Reuters reports that the US House Foreign Affairs Committee will vote today on the "Multilateral Alignments in Technology for Countering Hard-adversaries Act" (MATCH Act). The bill aims to close loopholes in current export restrictions on chipmaking equipment and compel foreign companies selling equipment to Chinese chip factories to comply with US export controls placed on American firms like Lam Research and Applied Materials.
This bill targets facilities owned by China's Changxin Memory Technologies (CXMT), Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC), and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), as well as critical technologies across China.
Sources revealed that Micron has indicated to lawmakers that Washington must do more to curb China's development in the memory market. They emphasized that the US must strengthen its efforts to prevent China from gaining dominance in memory chip manufacturing, as it has become a matter of national security.
South Korea's Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix currently dominate the memory market, while Micron ranks third and is the only major US supplier.
Although the US Department of Commerce has restricted exports to YMTC and CXMT, these two companies continue to grow rapidly.
The draft bill currently being prepared would ban the export of more equipment to China, including sales restrictions on Deep Ultraviolet (DUV) immersion lithography machines across China, a market currently dominated by the Netherlands' ASML. The bill also stipulates how restrictions should be enforced if diplomatic channels fail.
Furthermore, the bill would require ASML and other foreign companies to obtain a license before providing equipment maintenance services at restricted factories.
Sources noted that Micron representatives have been involved throughout the bill's drafting process and have been in contact with lawmakers for negotiations. About a month ago, Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra held a closed-door roundtable meeting with members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
According to sources, Mehrotra also held a similar roundtable last month with Republican members of the Senate Banking Committee.
Micron is headquartered in Boise, Idaho, and is currently building a mega-factory in New York. One source stated that other companies are also lobbying regarding the bill, including Tokyo Electron, Lam Research, Applied Materials, and KLA—all of which have suffered sales losses due to the export controls.
If the MATCH Act and other related bills pass the House Foreign Affairs Committee today, it is only one step toward final legislation. The Senate has also proposed companion bills, which may be included as amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in the future. (Translation: Hung Pei-ying) 1150422
(CNA, Washington, 22nd, Composite Foreign Release) According to sources familiar with the matter, Micron Technology, the largest US memory chip maker, is pushing the US Congress to pass a bill that would impose new export control measures on equipment used by its Chinese competitors to manufacture chips.
Reuters reports that the US House Foreign Affairs Committee will vote today on the "Multilateral Alignments in Technology for Countering Hard-adversaries Act" (MATCH Act). The bill aims to close loopholes in current export restrictions on chipmaking equipment and compel foreign companies selling equipment to Chinese chip factories to comply with US export controls placed on American firms like Lam Research and Applied Materials.
This bill targets facilities owned by China's Changxin Memory Technologies (CXMT), Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC), and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), as well as critical technologies across China.
Sources revealed that Micron has indicated to lawmakers that Washington must do more to curb China's development in the memory market. They emphasized that the US must strengthen its efforts to prevent China from gaining dominance in memory chip manufacturing, as it has become a matter of national security.
South Korea's Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix currently dominate the memory market, while Micron ranks third and is the only major US supplier.
Although the US Department of Commerce has restricted exports to YMTC and CXMT, these two companies continue to grow rapidly.
The draft bill currently being prepared would ban the export of more equipment to China, including sales restrictions on Deep Ultraviolet (DUV) immersion lithography machines across China, a market currently dominated by the Netherlands' ASML. The bill also stipulates how restrictions should be enforced if diplomatic channels fail.
Furthermore, the bill would require ASML and other foreign companies to obtain a license before providing equipment maintenance services at restricted factories.
Sources noted that Micron representatives have been involved throughout the bill's drafting process and have been in contact with lawmakers for negotiations. About a month ago, Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra held a closed-door roundtable meeting with members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
According to sources, Mehrotra also held a similar roundtable last month with Republican members of the Senate Banking Committee.
Micron is headquartered in Boise, Idaho, and is currently building a mega-factory in New York. One source stated that other companies are also lobbying regarding the bill, including Tokyo Electron, Lam Research, Applied Materials, and KLA—all of which have suffered sales losses due to the export controls.
If the MATCH Act and other related bills pass the House Foreign Affairs Committee today, it is only one step toward final legislation. The Senate has also proposed companion bills, which may be included as amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in the future. (Translation: Hung Pei-ying) 1150422