Chinanews.com, January 30. The US "Tom Hardware" website published an article on the 29th that the US Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) believes that the US's restrictions on the export of chips to China may harm its domestic industry.

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　　The article pointed out that after the U.S. government imposed strict restrictions on China's chip and other industries, the market value of many U.S. semiconductor companies evaporated by almost 240 billion US dollars overnight.

Companies including developers of electronic design automation (EDA) tools, chip designers, wafer fab equipment (WFE) producers and chipmakers suffered losses.

　　On October 7, 2022, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce issued new semiconductor export control regulations, which put forward unprecedented licensing restrictions on the export of advanced chips, software, and various semiconductor manufacturing equipment used to produce advanced chips to China. .

　　In a recent public opinion submission on new semiconductor export controls, the SIA pointed out that U.S. semiconductor companies rely on a "virtuous cycle" of innovation, including substantial investment in research and development and access to global markets.

Historically, U.S. semiconductor companies have spent about one-fifth of their revenue on research and development, the highest share of any industry.

　　However, the introduction of the "new regulations" may inhibit the improvement of the export competitiveness and even the technological competitiveness of US semiconductor companies.

Because for all parties involved, cooperation with China is very important.

　　For example, the "Tom Hardware" website stated that chip design software company Cadence provides EDA tools for thousands of Chinese chip and motherboard developers, and chip manufacturer Nvidia also cooperates with Chinese companies in areas such as artificial intelligence.

But all of this has been affected by strict restrictions imposed by the US government.

Data map: On August 9, 2022, US President Biden signed the "Chips and Science Act" at the White House.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Chen Mengtong

　　In recent years, the United States has played a "combined punch" in the semiconductor field, targeting China's semiconductor industry.

Before the release of the new regulations on semiconductor export control, the United States has taken the lead in establishing the "Semiconductor Alliance of America" ​​(SIAC) and the "Chip Four Party Alliance" (Chip4), trying to disrupt the semiconductor supply chain system and contain China; ", while vigorously subsidizing U.S. semiconductor manufacturers, restrictive measures are imposed on semiconductor product-related equipment and personnel.

　　The "Tech Monitor" (Tech Monitor) website also pointed out that the United States intends to stifle China's semiconductor industry, but in the end it may "lift a rock and hit itself in the foot."

While the Chips and Science Act promises to invest heavily in the U.S. semiconductor industry, new restrictions on working with Chinese customers will hit the profit margins of large U.S. semiconductor companies.

　　The "Technology Monitor" website stated that further blockade of China will threaten the future of American chip companies. While hurting China, "the United States will hurt its most important strategic industry."

　　In response to some countries' behaviors such as fighting chip wars in order to gain a competitive advantage, China's Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng recently said that closing other people's doors will also block their own way.

People of insight in the Western strategic circles, business circles, and academic circles are seeing this more and more clearly, and their voices against "decoupling and breaking chains" are converging into an increasingly powerful momentum.

　　Wang Wenbin, spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, also pointed out that the so-called "protective measures" in the "Chips and Science Act" have a strong geopolitical color and are another example of the United States' economic coercion.

Sino-US economic, trade and scientific and technological cooperation is conducive to the common interests of both sides and the common progress of mankind, and restricting "decoupling" will only harm others and ourselves.