United States of America: Adopted Order Amending SME IFR and AC/S IFR and Imposing Additional Export Controls on Certain Advanced Computing Items

On 29 March 2024, the Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce adopted an order amending the Export Controls on Semiconductor Manufacturing Items (SME IFR) and Implementation of Additional Export Controls: Certain Advanced Computing Items; Supercomputer and Semiconductor End Use; Updates and Corrections (AC/S IFR). The amendment extends export restrictions for high-performance chips to computers containing those high-performance chips and having a computational performance exceeding 70 Weighted TeraFLOPS.