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China Fails Micron's Products in Security Review, Bars Some Purchases

posted by janrinok on Tuesday May 23 2023, @07:20AM   Printer-friendly

fliptop writes:

China's cyberspace regulator said on Sunday that products made by U.S. memory chip manufacturer Micron Technology had failed its network security review and that it would bar operators of key infrastructure from procuring from the firm:

The decision, announced amid a dispute over chip technology between Washington and Beijing, could include sectors ranging from transport to finance, according to China's broad definition of critical information infrastructure.

"The review found that Micron's products have serious network security risks, which pose significant security risks to China's critical information infrastructure supply chain, affecting China's national security," the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said in a statement.

[...] U.S. officials, including members of a U.S. congressional select committee on competition with China, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Micron derives around 10% of its revenue from China, but it is not clear if the decision affects the company's sales to non-Chinese customers in the country.

Also at The Register, MarketWatch and ABC News.

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday May 23 2023, @11:53AM (1 child)

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Tuesday May 23 2023, @11:53AM (#1307631) Journal

    Patel's other point – that China can find alternatives to Micron products – is also well made. Memory is not hard to find, and global production is increasing.

    Memory is also a field in which Chinese firms are well advanced: local champion YMTC is rated as a strong competitor for the likes of Samsung, SK hynix … and of course Micron.

    Beijing has therefore barred one supplier of a commodity it can easily access from elsewhere, and done so after finding a risk so mild it is happy for that supplier's products to remain in use.

    Memory is cheap right now. Too cheap [soylentnews.org], according to the companies selling it.

    U.S. companies will continue debasing themselves to get into the Chinese market.

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  • (Score: 2) by RamiK on Tuesday May 23 2023, @03:30PM

    by RamiK (1813) on Tuesday May 23 2023, @03:30PM (#1307692)

    U.S. companies will continue debasing themselves to get into the Chinese market.

    Or they'll get bailed out like Intel. Time will say.

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