{"id":49120,"date":"2022-11-01T10:30:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T10:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/kioxia-warns-uncle-sam-be-careful-what-you-wish-for-with-china-sanctions\/"},"modified":"2022-11-01T10:30:11","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T10:30:11","slug":"kioxia-warns-uncle-sam-be-careful-what-you-wish-for-with-china-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/kioxia-warns-uncle-sam-be-careful-what-you-wish-for-with-china-sanctions\/","title":{"rendered":"Kioxia warns Uncle Sam: Be careful what you wish for with China sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Attempts to reorganize supply chains to cut out China and foil its attempts to build a high-tech chip industry will be costly and may simply cause the Middle Kingdom to redouble its efforts, says memory maker Kioxia.<\/p>\n

The warning came in an interview<\/a> [paywalled] with the Financial Times<\/em> by Lorenzo Flores, vice-chair of Kioxia, formerly Toshiba Memory. Flores said China would likely retaliate against the recently announced US export controls by ramping up domestic investment in NAND as a long-term solution to its chip supply issues.<\/p>\n

Washington’s latest sanctions<\/a> put a ban on the export of manufacturing tools used for advanced semiconductors, and also require any US citizen or entity to seek permission from the Department of Commerce for any involvement with chipmaking in China. The latter in particular has forced many tech companies \u2013 Kioxia included \u2013 to ask US passport holders in key technical positions to leave the company in order to comply with the new rules.<\/p>\n