According to a article, the United States ordered South Korea to tell its chipmakers not to fill any market gaps in China if Beijing forbids the sale of chips made by memory chipmaker Micron.
According to four individuals involved with the negotiations, the United States made the request as South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol prepared to visit Washington on Monday.
Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), China’s cyberspace regulatory body, said in March that it will examine the cybersecurity of Micron goods supplied in China. Micron responded by stating that its activities in China are regular and that it is working with the Chinese authorities.
According to the article, which also cited individuals familiar with the matter, Washington requested Seoul to advise Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix to refrain from increasing their sales to China if Micron is blacklisted as a consequence of the inquiry.
In order to prevent chip production technology from being utilized to create semiconductors for military purposes, the United States has implemented a number of export bans on China. It has placed some of China’s biggest semiconductor companies on a blacklist, including Yangtze Memory Technologies Co Ltd., a competitor of Micron.
