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US tightens AI chip and chipmaking tool export rules and adds 13 Chinese entities
See how this story connectsThe Bureau of Industry and Security released three rules on 17 October 2023 updating its October 2022 controls. They replace interconnect bandwidth with a performance density threshold for advanced chips, add licence requirements for more than 40 countries at risk of diversion to China, extend chipmaking equipment controls to 21 arms-embargoed countries and add 13 Chinese entities working on advanced chips to the Entity List.
Why it matters
Chip sellers and Chinese buyers faced a new performance test for AI accelerators and licence duties in dozens more countries, closing routes used after the 2022 rules.
- When
- 17 Oct 2023
- ID
WTA-N-2023-0101- Where
- United States, China
- Who
- Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce
- Topics
- Export controls, Chips, National security
Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Bureau of Industry and Security and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.
Source copy: download the page as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.
Data to measure this
Compare the years before 2023 with the years since in these series.
- BACI product-level trade databaseCEPIIHarmonised annual bilateral trade for about 5,000 HS6 products among about 200 countries, including chips.
- UN ComtradeUnited Nations Statistics Division · paidBilateral goods trade by reporter, partner and product code, for example HS 8542 integrated circuits.
Cite this story
WTA-N-2023-0101: “US tightens AI chip and chipmaking tool export rules and adds 13 Chinese entities.” wheresthe.ai, 17 Oct 2023. https://wheresthe.ai/d/us-bis-advanced-computing-sme-update-2023-10/ (source: Bureau of Industry and Security).
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