China’s Assessment of Micron’s Security Was Rejected

 

As a result of Micron’s failure to pass a security review, the Chinese government has banned the company from supplying memory chips to local industries that are critical to the country. 
The Chinese cyberspace regulator has announced that it will bar operators of key infrastructure from buying products made by American memory chipmaker Micron Technology Inc. (MU.O). Micron Technology Inc. is an American memory chip maker with international reach. 
Washington is looking to cut off Beijing’s access to the most advanced semiconductors to limit its access to the United States’ advanced chip manufacturing facilities. Despite the ongoing chip war between the two nations, the probe represents the latest effort by investigators to escalate the crisis. 
As a result of the incident, China tightened its enforcement of anti-espionage and national security laws, tightening its control over international espionage. 
In a report by the news agency Reuters, the US government has instituted a series of export controls on certain American components and chipmaking tools to prevent them from being used to advance China’s military capabilities, following a series of export controls by the USA on certain American components and chipmaking tools. 
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