It seems that the Trump administration has imposed new export controls on chip design software, because it is the ability of China to make advanced AI chips further undermine and use.
Siemens EDA, Cadans Design Systems and Synopsys have all confirmed that they have received notifications from the US Commerce Department about new export controls on software for electronic automation design (EDA) to China.
EDA tools are mainly used to help with the design and validation of the production of semiconductors, tests and for monitoring performance and quality. They are used by chipfoundations, chip makers, network hardware companies, the car industry and much more.
Siemens Eda, a division of German technical conglomerate Siemens, told Techcrunch that it received a message from the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the Commerce Department on new export controls on EDA software to China and Chinese military end users last week.
“Siemens has supported customers in China for more than 150 years and will continue to work with our customers worldwide to reduce the impact of these new limitations, while working in accordance with the applicable national export control regulations,” the company said.
US-based Synopsys, which also makes EDA software, said on Thursday that it had also received a similar letter from the BIS. The company has also suspended its prediction for the third quarter and 2025 for the entire year.
Cadans too received A notification from the BIS that says that a license is now required for “the export, re -export or transfer of electronic design automation software” to customers in China.
The news was the first reported Through the Financial Times.
The new export rules come when the US set up its efforts to hinder Chinese companies while the struggle for AI -supremation is warming up. But these export checks are increasingly harming the American chip industry, which has long had a considerable market share in China.
NVIDIA alone has run billions in losses as a result of limitations on the sale of his H20 and Hopper AI chips to Chinese customers. The company, together with rival AMD, would even work on selling lower versions of its AI chips on Chinese customers.
The American trade department does not immediately have a request for comments returned outside of regular office hours.
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