➀ The Trump administration is seeking to tighten export restrictions on advanced AI processors from the U.S. and persuade allies to restrict servicing of tools in China.

➁ The new guidelines, known as the AI Diffusion Rule, limit access to powerful AI processors like Nvidia's H100 GPUs.

➂ The move is met with resistance from the industry, which fears it could harm business interests and accelerate the development of domestic alternatives in China.

➀ Chinese blacklisted chip companies are circumventing US tech export restrictions by using pilot lines in research institutes.

➁ The Chinese State Council instructed major cities and provinces to establish a variety of pilot lines with different specialisms.

➂ Examples include the Hubei Yangtze Pilot-Line Services, JFS Laboratory, and Chip Hub for Integrated Photonics Xplore (CHIPX) in Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

➀ The US is set to impose new sanctions on China's semiconductor industry, restricting exports to 140 companies, including chip equipment manufacturers like North华创科技集团.

➁ The measures are aimed at hindering China's chip-making ambitions and preventing the production of chips that could threaten US national security.

➂ The restrictions include limiting exports of advanced memory chips, 24 chip-making tools, and 3 software tools, as well as new export controls on chip-making equipment produced in Singapore, Malaysia, and other countries.

➀ The US plans to announce new export restrictions next week, potentially blacklisting over 200 Chinese chip companies;

➁ These restrictions would prohibit most US suppliers from shipping goods to the targeted firms;

➂ The Biden administration continues to tighten semiconductor export controls to China.