Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
An agency of the United States Department of Commerce responsible for enforcing export control policy. Under the Export Administration Regulations, it administers list-based controls on sensitive technologies such as semiconductors.
Timeline (last 90 days)
The Entity List and the Unverified List directly cut off procurement channels for specific Chinese entities, and are enforced by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS).
Nvidia's AI chips (such as H100 and A100) have been placed on the export control list by the US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) since 2022, under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).
If a case involves both export violations and espionage activities, it may be jointly investigated by the Department of Justice's National Security Division and the Commerce Department's BIS, escalating its nature from an administrative violation to a federal criminal offense.
If a cloud service provider is found to have participated in illegal transshipment, it may be placed on BIS's Entity List, thereby cutting off its access to US technology and chips.
Since 2022, the United States has implemented the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) through the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the Department of Commerce, imposing licensing requirements on exports of certain high-performance chips and their manufacturing equipment to countries such as China, and defining the controlled scope by metrics such as computing power thresholds and interconnect bandwidth.
The US Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) administers semiconductor equipment through lists under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), with advanced logic chips (such as 7 nanometers and below) placed in the highest control tier, while memory chips such as NAND and DRAM are generally not regarded as the areas most directly related to national security.
In October 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued its first comprehensive measures restricting the sale of advanced AI chips to China, setting compute thresholds using TOPS and interconnect bandwidth as metrics.
In October 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued its first comprehensive restrictive measures, setting computing power thresholds using TOPS and interconnect bandwidth as metrics.
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The Entity List and the Unverified List directly cut off procurement channels for specific Chinese entities, and are enforced by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS).
50%UnverifiedNvidia's AI chips (such as H100 and A100) have been placed on the export control list by the US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) since 2022, under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).
50%UnverifiedIf a case involves both export violations and espionage activities, it may be jointly investigated by the Department of Justice's National Security Division and the Commerce Department's BIS, escalating its nature from an administrative violation to a federal criminal offense.
50%UnverifiedIf a cloud service provider is found to have participated in illegal transshipment, it may be placed on BIS's Entity List, thereby cutting off its access to US technology and chips.
50%UnverifiedSince 2022, the United States has implemented the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) through the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the Department of Commerce, imposing licensing requirements on exports of certain high-performance chips and their manufacturing equipment to countries such as China, and defining the controlled scope by metrics such as computing power thresholds and interconnect bandwidth.
50%UnverifiedThe US Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) administers semiconductor equipment through lists under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), with advanced logic chips (such as 7 nanometers and below) placed in the highest control tier, while memory chips such as NAND and DRAM are generally not regarded as the areas most directly related to national security.
50%UnverifiedIn October 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued its first comprehensive measures restricting the sale of advanced AI chips to China, setting compute thresholds using TOPS and interconnect bandwidth as metrics.
50%UnverifiedIn October 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued its first comprehensive restrictive measures, setting computing power thresholds using TOPS and interconnect bandwidth as metrics.
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