News Japan to restrict exports of chipmaking equipment

[...] 23 items, including advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment, will be added to the list of items subject to export controls. [...] The 23 items include products related to manufacturing equipment for extreme ultraviolet lithography and etching equipment for stacking memory devices in three dimensions. This equipment is necessary for making advanced high-performance logic chips used for arithmetic operations with circuit widths of 10 to 14 nanometers or less. About ten companies, including Tokyo Electron, Screen Holdings and Nikon, are expected to be affected. "The targets to be covered by the export controls are not areas with large markets, and we believe that the impact on corporate performance will be limited," said a senior trade ministry official.

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China has objected to the U.S. export restrictions, filing a complaint with the World Trade Organization in December last year alleging that Washington has been "abusing" the use of export control measures in the name of protecting national security.

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