Just Now, the US Blacklisted 140 Chinese Companies! Including 7 Sensor Chip Enterprises!
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     On the evening of December 2 (Monday morning local time in the United States), the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce officially announced new rules for export control measures on China's semiconductor industry. It added 140 Chinese semiconductor-related companies to the "Entity List", covering semiconductor equipment and tool manufacturers, semiconductor wafer fabs, and investment companies.

      In addition, these new rules also include new controls on high-bandwidth memory chips (HBM); new controls on 24 types of semiconductor manufacturing equipment and 3 software tools used for the development or production of semiconductors; new regulations regarding compliance and transfer issues, as well as several other regulatory changes.

      The Bureau of Industry and Security of the U.S. Department of Commerce mentioned in the released document: "The new rules aim to further undermine China's ability to produce advanced-node semiconductors that can be used in future technologies. The main objectives are, first, to constrain China's development in building a local semiconductor ecosystem, and second, to slow down the development of China's advanced artificial intelligence."

      The new rules introduced new "long-arm jurisdiction" measures, restricting companies from third-party countries from providing products to some companies on the "Entity List". Additionally, more than 30 countries, including France, the Netherlands, and Italy, have obtained exemptions from the U.S. Department of Commerce and are not affected by these new rules.

    These new rules took effect on December 2 local time in the United States. The compliance date for certain control measures has been postponed to December 31. The public can submit comments on the interim final rules.

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       The regulatory measures currently being implemented by the Bureau of Industry and Security of the U.S. Department of Commerce include: new controls on semiconductor manufacturing equipment required for the production of advanced-node integrated circuits; new controls on software tools used for the development or production of advanced-node integrated circuits; new controls on high-bandwidth memory chips (HBM); new controls on software and technology; in addition to 14 amendments, 140 entities have been added to the Entity List.

      Chinese semiconductor equipment manufacturers are the key targets of export controls. Semiconductor equipment manufacturers such as Naura Technology Group Co., Ltd., Skyverse, Beijing Shuoke Zhongkexin Electronic Equipment Co., Ltd., Huafeng Test & Control Technology Co., Ltd., ACM Research (Shanghai), Hwa Tsing Technology Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Zhichun System Integration Co., Ltd., Shanghai Kaishitong Semiconductor Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Xinkailai Industrial Machinery Co., Ltd., and Shenyang Xinyuan Microelectronic Equipment Co., Ltd., as well as some of their subsidiaries, have been added to the Entity List.

      Other semiconductor-related industries include EDA software developer Huada Jiutian Technology Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries, photoresist developer Nanda Optoelectronic Semiconductor Materials Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries, and semiconductor silicon wafer developer Shanghai Xinsheng Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries.

      Semiconductor investment institutions such as JAC Capital, Jianghuai Capital, and Wise Road Capital, as well as Zhangjiang Laboratory, have also been added to the Entity List.

      In addition, many sensor companies in the upstream and downstream semiconductor industrial chains have also been included in this sanctions list, including:


Shenzhen Guowei Sensing Technology Co., Ltd.

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     Shenzhen Guowei Sensing Technology Co., Ltd. was established in 2018, focusing on the research and development and production of intelligent sensing products and solutions. The team brings together professionals in fields such as materials science, mechanics, optics, electronics, computer science, embedded technology, and artificial intelligence, with a key focus on laying out lidar, flexible pressure sensors, and other various types of intelligent sensing products.

      Guowei Sensing is based on in-depth exploration in the two technical fields of lidar and flexible pressure sensors. It dares to innovate and integrates AI algorithm technology to achieve applications in various intelligent sensing products. It has successively launched a series of intelligent sensing products that highly meet market demands and are widely used in fields such as robot positioning and navigation, intelligent carriage & warehouse volume measurement, professional pressure distribution measurement, big health, new energy vehicles, batteries, and drones. Its products have been recognized and used by many enterprises.


Guowei Group (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.

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      Guowei Group (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. was established in 2002. It is a semiconductor holding group, and its business mainly covers security chip design and application, intelligent sensing product and solution directions, new energy technology research and development, and the research and development and production of third-generation semiconductor products.

    As a leading semiconductor design company in Shenzhen, Guowei Group mainly focuses on security chips and their application fields, incubating and cultivating many excellent enterprises, and many of these companies have become the main business entities of A-share listed companies. Guowei Group is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Guowei Holdings Co., Ltd. (referred to as "Guowei Holdings"). Guowei Holdings was listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2016 (stock code: 02239). Guowei Group is a key software enterprise within the national planning layout and a national high-tech enterprise. It has won many honors, such as the Second Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, the Ten-Year Achievement Award for National High-Tech Industrialization, and being among the top ten IC design enterprises in Shenzhen in 2017.

      Guowei Sensing is a subsidiary of Guowei Group.


Shanghai Siwave Technology Co., Ltd.

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      Shanghai Siwave Technology Co., Ltd. is the operating carrier of the National Intelligent Sensor Innovation Center, mainly serving the sensor industry chain and providing services for sensor-related process research and development (IP) and sensor applications.

    The National Intelligent Sensor Innovation Center is a national-level manufacturing innovation center established in June 2018 with the approval of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, aiming mainly at the research and development of key common technologies for intelligent sensors and pilot-scale production. Siwave Technology has built China's first 12-inch advanced sensor pilot production line mainly using domestic equipment, possessing core process capabilities for advanced sensors and wafer-level 3D integration technologies such as wafer bonding, wafer thinning, dry and wet etching, physical and chemical vapor deposition, atomic layer deposition, chemical mechanical polishing, wet cleaning, and automated measurement.

      Data shows that the advanced sensor testing service platform of Siwave Technology has a 1,000-class clean and constant temperature and humidity laboratory covering an area of 220 square meters, 5 sets of advanced MEMS wafer and wafer-level packaging and testing systems, with the testing and calibration capabilities for 600 wafers and 6 million wafer-level sensor chips per month; and a 10,000-class clean and constant temperature and humidity laboratory covering an area of 250 square meters, 4 sets of advanced MEMS packaging-level testing systems, with the testing and calibration capabilities for 14 million packaging-level sensor chips per month. It has the service capabilities for testing and calibrating various sensors such as inertial sensors, pressure sensors, magnetic sensors, and mmw sensors. The laboratory adopts a customized MES system according to the process flow to ensure the product testing efficiency and quality under the condition of 24-hour uninterrupted operation and provide high-quality and efficient testing services for customers.


Beijing Sevenstar Flowmeter Co., Ltd.

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      Beijing Sevenstar Flowmeter Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Huacheng Electronics") is a science and technology enterprise for core components and solutions in the industrial field integrated from Beijing Sevenstar Huachuang Flowmeter Co., Ltd., Beijing Sevenstar Huachuang Integrated Circuit Equipment Co., Ltd., and the radio frequency business unit of Naura Technology Group Co., Ltd.'s microelectronics equipment. Huacheng Electronics is based on the scientific and technological frontiers of industrial fields such as integrated circuits and new energy, gathering many core talents with advanced component technologies, and is committed to becoming a comprehensive industrial component solution provider.

      Huacheng Electronics inherits the professional advantages, technological accumulations, and innovation capabilities in fields such as flow measurement and control, radio frequency technology, and automated equipment over the past decades. While iteratively upgrading its products, Huacheng Electronics continuously explores and researches according to customers' new product requirements, digs deep into technologies, innovates products, broadens its product lines, and has formed a series of products such as flow measurement and control, pressure measurement and control, gas path systems, radio frequency power supplies, matchers, magnetic fluid sealing devices, transmission systems, and automated equipment, providing solutions for fields such as semiconductors, photovoltaics, fuel cells, and vacuum coating. Huacheng Electronics has laid out six research and development/production bases, and its marketing service system covers major countries and regions in Europe, America, and Asia.


Si’En Qingdao Co. Ltd.

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      Si’En Qingdao Co., Ltd. (Qingdao Sien Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.) was established in April 2018. With the production of integrated circuit and discrete device products as the core, the company has a certain production capacity and can meet the diversified needs of customers. Meanwhile, guided by market demand, it continuously expands services for different application fields such as consumer electronics, industrial control, and the Internet of Things, thereby promoting the development of society and the industry. The company's business scope mainly focuses on power semiconductors, power management, microcontrollers, sensors, driver chips, special memories, and analog-digital hybrids.


Changguang Jizhi Optical Technology Co., Ltd.

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      Changguang Jizhi Optical Technology Co., Ltd. was established in December 2021 with a registered capital of 3 billion yuan. The company is a research and development-oriented high-tech company, focusing on the research and development and manufacturing of high-performance ultra-precision optical systems, specifically including the design and optimization of optical systems with extremely small aberrations, the processing and inspection of ultra-smooth optical surfaces, the preparation of special optical films, the joint design and simulation of electromechanical integration, and the assembly, adjustment, and testing of complex systems.


Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited

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      Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (Wuhan Xinxin Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.) was established in 2006. It is a leading domestic 12-inch wafer foundry enterprise with semiconductor specialty processes in China, focusing on business fields such as three-dimensional integration, analog-digital mixing, and specialty storage. It can provide wafer foundry services for various semiconductor products based on multiple technology nodes and different process platforms, as well as other supporting businesses such as research and development wafer runs and photomasks. 

      As the second 12-inch wafer manufacturing production line built and put into mass production in mainland China, Wuhan Xinxin Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd. has accumulated more than 15 years of stable operation and production experience and now owns two wafer fabs.

      In the analog-digital mixing field, the CMOS Image Sensor (CIS) process platform of Wuhan Xinxin Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd. provides full-process manufacturing services. The platform has a complete layout and leading technological strength, possessing pixel process capabilities covering 0.7 microns and above, back-illuminated (BSI) and bonding processes with stable mass production for many years. Key process performance indicators such as quantum efficiency, dynamic range, and dark current have reached the international advanced level. It provides high-performance, low-power CIS product wafer foundry services for application fields such as consumption, industry, medical care, and automobiles.


Appendix: The full list of 140 Chinese semiconductor enterprises added to the Entity List

      This is the third time that the United States has carried out large-scale and unjust suppression against China's semiconductor industry after October 2022 and October 2023.

      U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo claimed: "This action is the final result of the targeted measures jointly taken by the Biden-Harris administration with our allies and partners, aiming to undermine China's ability to produce advanced technologies that pose risks to our national security through localization. Further strengthening our export controls highlights the core role of the Department of Commerce in implementing the broader national security strategy of the United States. No administration has been tougher than the Biden-Harris administration in strategically addressing China's military modernization through export controls."

      In response to the semiconductor export control measures announced by the United States this time, a spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Commerce stated, "The U.S. move is a typical act of economic coercion and a non-market practice. The U.S. says one thing and does another, constantly broadening the concept of national security, abusing export control measures, and implementing unilateral bullying acts. China firmly opposes this."


The following is the list of enterprises added to the Entity List this time. The Chinese translations of the list are from JW Insights:

AccoTest Technology Co., Ltd. (Hong Kong)

ACM Research (Shanghai)

Beijing E-Town Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd.

Beijing Guangke Xintu Technology Co., Ltd.

Beijing Guowei Integration Technology Co., Ltd.

Beijing Huada Jiutian Technology Co., Ltd.

Beijing Huafeng Electronic Equipment Co., Ltd.

Beijing Huafeng Test & Control Technology Co., Ltd.

Beijing Jingyuan Microelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.

Beijing Kaishitong Semiconductor Co., Ltd.

Beijing Naura Microelectronics Equipment Co., Ltd.

Beijing Naura Semiconductor Equipment Co., Ltd.

Beijing Sevenstar Flowmeter Co., Ltd.

Beijing Sevenstar Integrated Circuit Equipment Co., Ltd.

Beijing Shuoke Zhongkexin Electronic Equipment Co., Ltd.

Beijing Skyverse Technology Co., Ltd.

Beijing Zhongke Xin Electronic Equipment

Changguang Jizhi Optical Technology Co., Ltd.

Changsha Zhichun Application Technology Co., Ltd.

Chengdu Huada Jiutianke Technology Co., Ltd.

Chengdu Skyverse Technology Co., Ltd.

Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Microelectronics

Dongfang Jingyuan Electron Co., Ltd.

Guangzhou Huada Jiutian Technology Co., Ltd.

Guangzhou Skyverse Technology Co., Ltd.

Guowei Group (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.

Hefei Kaishitong Semiconductor Co., Ltd.

Hefei Naura Microelectronics Equipment Co., Ltd.

Hefei Zhihui Semiconductor Application Technology Co., Ltd.

Hefei Zhiwei Microelectronics Co., Ltd.

Hefei Zhiwei Semiconductor Co., Ltd.

Huafeng Test & Control Technology (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.

Hwa Tsing (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.

Hwa Tsing (Guangzhou) Semiconductor Co., Ltd.

Hwa Tsing (Shanghai) Semiconductor Co., Ltd.

Hwa Tsing Technology Co., Ltd.

JAC Capital

Jiangsu Nata Optoelectronic Material Co., Ltd.

Jiangsu Qiwei Semiconductor Equipment Co., Ltd.

Jiangsu Zhichun System Integration Co., Ltd.

Kingstone Technology Hong Kong Limited

Nanda Optoelectronic Semiconductor Materials Co., Ltd.

Nanjing Huada Jiutianke Technology Co., Ltd.

Naura Technology Group Co., Ltd.

Ningbo Nanda Optoelectronic Materials Ltd.

Northern Integrated Circuit Technology Innovation Center (Beijing) Co., Ltd.

Oriental Crystal Microelectronics Technology (Qingdao) Co., Ltd.

Oriental Crystal Microelectronics Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

Piotech

Piotech (Beijing) Co., Ltd.

Piotech (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

Piotech Chuangyi (Shenyang) Semiconductor Equipment Co., Ltd.

Piotech Jianke (Haining) Semiconductor Equipment Co., Ltd.

Qingxin Technology Co., Ltd.

Quanjiao Nanda Optoelectronic Materials Ltd.

Raintree Scientific Instruments (Shanghai) Corporation

Ruili Microelectronics Equipment (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

Shandong Feiyuan Gas Co., Ltd.

Shanghai AGM Gas Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Aipusi Precision Equipment Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Feiai Technology Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Huada Jiutian Information Technology Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Integrated Circuit Equipment & Materials Industry Innovation Center Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Jingce Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Jingzhuo Information Technology Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Kaishitong Semiconductor Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Lingang Kaishitong Semiconductor Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Lizhi Technology Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Modern Advanced Ultra-Precision Manufacturing Center Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Nanpre Mechanics Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Naura Microelectronics Equipment Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Siwave Technology Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Skyverse Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Xinsheng Jingrui Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Xinsheng Jingtou Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Xinsheng Jinko Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Xinsheng Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Yanquan Technology Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Yuliangsheng Technology Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Yuwei Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Zhichun Alloy Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Zhichun Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Zhichun Optoelectronic Equipment Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Zhichun Precision Gas Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Zhichun Precision Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Zhichun Purification System Technology Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Zhichun Semiconductor Equipment Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Zhichun System Integration Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Zhijia Semiconductor Gas Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Zixi Optical Technology Co., Ltd.

Shengmei Semiconductor Equipment (Beijing) Co., Ltd.

Shengmei Semiconductor Equipment Wuxi Co., Ltd.

Shengwei Semiconductor Equipment (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

Shenyang Xinyuan Micro Business Development Co., Ltd.

Shenyang Xinyuan Microelectronic Equipment Co., Ltd.

Shenzhen Guowei Hongbo Technology Co., Ltd.

Shenzhen Guowei Sensing Technology Co., Ltd.

Shenzhen Guoweichip Technology Co., Ltd.

Shenzhen Huada Jiutianke Technology Co., Ltd.

Shenzhen Jingyuan Information Technology Co., Ltd.

Shenzhen Naura Microelectronics Equipment Co., Ltd.

Shenzhen Pengxinxu Technology Co., Ltd.

Shenzhen Qianhai Skyverse Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd.

Shenzhen SiCarrier Technologies Co., Ltd.

Shenzhen Xinkailai Industrial Machinery Co., Ltd.

Shenzhen Zhangge Instrument Co., Ltd.

Si’En Qingdao Co. Ltd.

Skyverse

Skyverse Limited

SMIC Advanced Technology R&D (Shanghai) Corporation

Suzhou Nanda Optoelectronic Materials Co., Ltd.

SwaySure Technology Co., Ltd.

Taiyuan Jinke Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd.

Ulanqab Nanda Microelectronics Materials Co., Ltd.

Wingtech Technology Co., Ltd.

Wise Road Capital

Wuhan Naura Microelectronics Equipment Co., Ltd.

Wuhan Skyverse Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd.

Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited

Wuhan Yiguang Technology Co., Ltd.

Wuxi Kaishitong Technology Co., Ltd.

Wuxi Naura Microelectronics Equipment Co., Ltd.

Xiamen Skyverse Technology Co., Ltd.

Xi’an Huada Jiutian Technology Co., Ltd.

Xi’an Naura Microelectronics Equipment Co., Ltd.

Xinlian Rongchuang Integrated Circuit Industry Development (Beijing) Co., Ltd.

Yusheng Micro Semiconductor (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

Yuwei Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd.

Zhangjiang Laboratory

Zhejiang Shenqihang Technology Co., Ltd.

Zhejiang Zhichun Precision Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Zhiwei Semiconductor (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

Zhiyi High Purity Electronic Materials (Shanghai) Ltd.

Zhuhai Cornerstone Technology Co., Ltd.

Zhuhai Skyverse Technology Co., Ltd.

Zibo Keyuanxin Fluorine Trading Ltd.


Japan
Kingsemi Japan K.K.

Singapore
Skyverse Pte. Ltd.

South Korea
ACM Research Korea Co., Ltd.

Empyrean Korea