China calls on infrastructure administrators to ban purchases as products of semiconductor giant Micron ``did not pass safety screening''
The Cyberspace Administration, which governs Internet regulation in China, has revealed that Micron's products, a major semiconductor manufacturer, have not passed the examination as ``there is a relatively serious potential network security problem''. We are also urging critical infrastructure administrators to stop purchasing Micron products as a result of the failure.
Meiguang Co., Ltd.'s products have not yet passed through the network security department-China Communist Party Central Network Security and Information Commission Office
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https://www.tomshardware.com/news/micron-products-banned-by-china-in-wake-of-cybersecurity-review
According to the Cyberspace Administration (CAC), Micron's network security issues pose a serious network risk to China's key information infrastructure supply chain and have implications for China's national security. matter.
On the other hand, ``China is resolutely promoting wide-ranging opening-up, and we welcome companies from all countries and various platforms to enter the Chinese market as long as they comply with Chinese laws and regulations.''
IT news site Tom's Hardware delved into the possible political and economic background to the CAC's decision.
The political background is the additional trade restrictions imposed by the United States in October 2022. Tom's Hardware points out that if this sanction was the motivation to ban Micron products, it would be a 'retaliation'.
The United States is cracking down on semiconductor exports to China due to the suspicion that ``China will use AI and supercomputers to develop weapons and decipher the code''-GIGAZINE
Also, as an economic background, it is possible that China's semiconductor industry has become profitable in DRAM and NAND production, so it is no longer necessary to rely on Micron products.
As a matter of fact, the Chinese government is aiming for 'self-sufficiency in semiconductors' and is investing more than 200 billion yen in subsidies annually for the domestic market.
In addition, whether the market does not think that the impact of this announcement is large, Micron's stock price has not shown a big movement at the time of writing the article.
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