New rules significantly expand restrictions on selling China chip technology, but critics say they also contain carve-outs that are favorable to industry.

The United States on Monday launched its third big crackdown in three years on China's semiconductor industry, curbing exports to 140 companies, including chip equipment maker Naura Technology Group,

The export of memory chips used in AI applications is restricted, but a delayed announcement gave Chinese companies the chance to stock up.

The United States on Monday launched its third crackdown in three years on China's semiconductor industry, curbing exports to 140 companies, including chip equipment maker Naura Technology Group, among other moves.

The updated rules have “two primary objectives,” according to the BIS: slowing China’s advanced AI developments that have “the potential to change the future of warfare” and “impairing” China’s development of its chip ecosystem.

The U.S. will launch its third crackdown in three years on China's semiconductor industry on Monday, restricting exports to 140 companies including chip equipment maker Naura Technology Group , among other moves,

Sweeping rules target Chinese access to US-origin and foreign-made products using high-bandwidth memory technologies.

Washington will restrict exports to 140 China-based companies, Reuters reported, ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House.