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Semiconductor Industry
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Government Contracts Legal Forum
“(Don’t) Let the Chips Fall Where They May”: FAR Council Previews Proposed Rule Implementing the Covered Semiconductor Prohibition
By Adelicia R. Cliffe, Stephanie Crawford, Alexandra Barbee-Garrett, M.Yuan Zhou
On May 3, 2024, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) regarding the prohibition on semiconductors produced by certain Chinese manufacturers, enacted in Section 5949(a)(1) of…
SmarTrade
CHIPS Incentives Program – Notice of Funding Opportunity for Small Business Innovation Research Program for CHIPS for America: CHIPS Metrology
Key Notes On April 16, 2024, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), part of the Department of Commerce, announced the launch of a new funding opportunity called the…
The Capital Commitment
How Governmental Carrots and Sticks Impact Private Investment in Defense Tech and the Security Ecosystem
By Margaret A. Dale, Michael R. Hackett, Stephen Hibbard, William Komaroff, Timothy W. Mungovan, Dorothy Murray, Joshua M. Newville, Todd J. Ohlms, Robert Pommer, Seetha Ramachandran, Jonathan M. Weiss, Julia Alonzo, William D. Dalsen, Isaiah D. Anderson, James Anderson, Julia M. Ansanelli, Adam L. Deming, Adam Farbiarz, Reut N. Samuels, Hena M. Vora
In response to rising geopolitical tensions – from the Middle East to the Taiwan Strait to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine –the Biden Administration is increasingly using economic incentives and…
China Law Insight
简评美国半导体出口管制新规，中国公司需做好准备
By King & Wood
作者：楼仙英 戴梦皓 陈若思 姚爽 曹逸晨 张嘉柔 美国东部时间2024年3月29日下午，美国商务部产业安全局（“BIS”）正式发布了关于先进计算/超级计算机（“AC/S”）和半导体制造物项（“SME”）出口管制临时最终规则（“IFR”）第三次修订（“半导体临时新规”）的公众预览版，对《出口管理条例》（“EAR”）中关于半导体相关出口管制内容进行调整和澄清。相关新规正式版将在美国东部时间2024年4月4日公布生效。相比于2022年10月7日以及2023年10月17日的两版更新而言，本次半导体临时新规并没有对原有规定进行大幅度修订，而是将大量篇幅用于对原有规定进行澄清和细化，以确保将半导体相关出口管制要求更清晰准确地向业界传达，减少在非重点领域对国际商业活动带来负面影响，进而将相关执法资源和力量集中在美国商务部的关注重点问题之上。我们在此将本次新规的主要内容进行简要梳理，希望能对大家有所裨益。 阅读更多
Cleary Antitrust Watch
China’s Review of Semiconductor Transactions
By Cunzhen Huang, Huanbing Xu, Yiming Sun
Cleary Gottlieb counsel Cunzhen Huang and associates Huanbing Xu and Yiming Sun co-authored “China's Review of Semiconductor Transactions,” which appeared in the latest issue of the CPI Antitrust Chronicle, published…
Global Trade Law Blog
China Semiconductor Export Regulations, Episode V – Updates and Corrections to the Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Regulations
By Reid Whitten, Jonathan Wang, Jordan Mallory
On March 29, 2024, BIS issued an interim final rule (IFR) updating and correcting its advanced computing and semiconductor regulations[1] published in October 2023 (which we discuss here in Episode…
China Law Insight
半导体领域专利分析——前道量测设备
By King & Wood
作者：楼仙英 马俊豪 孙苗 从芯片的发展历程来看，可以发现芯片的研发主要遵循摩尔定律，即微处理器内的晶体管数量每隔18个月至两年便翻一番，从而使得芯片的处理能力相应增强。根据Yole的统计，工艺节点每缩减一代，工艺中产生的致命缺陷数量会增加50%。当工序超过500道，单道工序的良率要超过99.99%，最终芯片良率才能超过95%。因此为保证晶圆加工良率，晶圆厂必须在刻蚀、光刻等每个关键步骤后对晶圆进行详尽的检测，这种贯穿晶圆制造全过程的检测/量测工艺被称为半导体前道量测。 阅读更多
International Trade Law
BIS Updates Rules on Advanced Semiconductors
By Chandler Leonard, Andrew J. Schlegel
The Department of Commerce’s (“DOC”) Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) has published an interim final rule, as well as a request for comments, regarding new export controls for advanced…
SmarTrade
BIS Releases Interim Final Rule Further Revising Export Controls on Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing
By Scott E. Diamond**, Francesca M.S. Guerrero, Samir D. Varma, Aaron C. Mandelbaum
On April 4, 2024, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released another Interim Final Rule (IFR) offering clarification and correcting inadvertent errors made in earlier rulemakings…
The Right Coast
Intel and Industrial Policy in Action – WSJ
Shares of Intel Corp. hit the skids Wednesday after it reported growing losses on its semiconductor foundry business. Politicians of both parties tout the U.S. chip maker as a national…