Apparently the manufacturers Samsung and SK Hynix are affected.
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London The United States is apparently putting pressure on South Korea in the dispute over computer chips. The White House South Korea is said to have asked South Korea not to step in with deliveries to the People’s Republic if US memory chips were banned in China. This emerges from a report by the Financial Times on Sunday evening.
The government in Seoul should encourage the manufacturers Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix accordingly not to increase their sales to China, it said. The demand comes just before South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol embarks on a trip to the United States.
The Chinese regulatory authority CAC announced in March that it would conduct an audit of the products sold by Micron in China. Micron had said it was working with the Chinese side.
The US has imposed export controls on chip technology to China over fears it could be used to manufacture military applications. Some of China’s largest chip companies are also on a US blacklist, including Micron’s rival Yangtze Memory.
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