US introduces new export curbs on advanced technology, including chip-making tools
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The United States has announced new export controls on advanced technology, including quantum computers, in line with restrictions imposed by international partners.
The United States has announced new export controls on advanced technology, including quantum computers, in line with restrictions imposed by international partners. Besides quantum computing items, the curbs will affect equipment for producing advanced semiconductors, additive manufacturing items to produce metal components and gate all-around field-effect transistor (GAAFET) technology, according to a Federal Register posting. “Today’s action ensures our national export controls keep step with rapidly evolving technologies and are more effective when we work in concert with international partners,” Alan Estevez, an official at the Bureau of Industry and Security, said in a statement Thursday. Several countries, including the United Kingdom, have already imposed similar controls, and others are expected to do so as well. “The most significant controls are the ones on quantum computers and related technology,” said Washington trade lawyer Kevin Wolf. “They have novel reporting requirements for new foreign national employees working on quantum computer development in the US.” Wolf also noted that the GAAFET controls will not apply to the design for the broader integrated circuit, only to the production of the GAAFET architecture. GAAFET is a cutting-edge chip architecture that helps improve chip performance and reduces power consumption.
Union members at Boeing overwhelmingly rejected a proposed a four-year contract with the troubled aircraft manufacturer, authorizing the first strike at the company in 16 years, said the International Association of Machinist (IAM) union. About 33,000 workers are prepared to walk off the job, and the strike is set to begin early Friday morning.