US imposes new rules to curb semiconductor design software sales to China

It turns out that the Trump administration has pressed new export control over the Chip Design software because it is trying more Developed AI chips to create and use China’s ability to useThe

Siemens EDA, Cadans Design System and Summary have all confirmed that they have received notice from the US Commerce Department about the new export control of the Electronic Automation Design (EDA) software in China.

EDA equipment is primarily used to help with design and legalization for semiconductor production, tests and performance and quality monitoring. They use chip foundries, chipmeakers, networking hardware companies, automobile industries and more.

The German Tech Congregate Siemens division, Siemens EDA TechCrunch, told that they received a notice from the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) last week to China and Chinese military last users about the new export control related to EDA software.

“Siemens has supported customers in China for more than 5 years and will continue to work with our customers worldwide to reduce the impact of these new restrictions while working with the applicable national export control system,” the company said.

US-based summary, which also produces EDA software, D On Thursday, it received a similar letter from BIS. The company has also suspended the third quarter and the forecast of 2025 throughout the year.

Cadency Obtained A notice from BIS says that licenses are now needed for Chinese customers “Export, re-export or electronic design automation software in-electronic design automation software transfer”.

The news was first Report By the Financial Times.

New export rules have come as the United States tries to interfere with the US Chinese companies as the AI ​​domination fight is heated. However, these export controls are increasingly damaging the US chip industry, which has long enjoyed a significant portion of the market in China.

There is Nvidia alone Billional losses Hopper AI Chips to Chinese customers and Chinese customers are due to restrictions related to sales. The company with rivals AMD even Has been told to be Working to sell the lower-powered versions of its AI chips to Chinese customers.

The US Department of Commerce did not immediately return any request for comments outside the regular business period.