After SK Hynix and Samsung, Intel and TSMC are also granted a one-year exemption

The United States earlier upgraded its export control measures to China, imposing new export restrictions on advanced process semiconductors and chip manufacturing equipment.

On October 11, Intel tweeted that it had obtained a one-year authorization from the U.S. Department of Commerce to continue operating its current NAND flash memory chip business in Dalian, China.

Separately, TSMC also received a one-year license to continue ordering U.S. chip-making equipment for expansion in China, Nikkei Asia reported on Thursday. The Nikkei report, citing people familiar with the matter, said the U.S. government assured TSMC that it would be able to ship the equipment to a manufacturing facility in the Chinese city of Nanjing.

Previously, South Korea's SK Hynix and Samsung also obtained a one-year authorization to continue operating their chip factories in China.

"Yonhap News Agency" quoted multiple sources as saying that the U.S. Department of Commerce recently informed South Korea's Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix that the two companies' factories in China can still import related equipment from the United States within one year without the approval of the U.S. government. This means that the production of the two Korean companies in China will not be blocked for the next year.

SK Hynix said in a statement that it has obtained permission from the United States to supply equipment required for the development and production of DRAM semiconductors to factories in China within one year without additional license applications, which means that the company can continue to stably supply memory chips to the world.

Samsung and SK Hynix's factories in China are undergoing renovation and upgrading, and a variety of equipment needs to be imported. A source pointed out that the United States may not allow South Korean companies to import relevant equipment from the United States indefinitely, but will only grant exemptions during the renovation and upgrading of Samsung and SK Hynix factories in China.

Analysts believe that for the United States, the implementation of the new regulations is inseparable from the assistance of South Korea. If South Korean companies are adversely affected, the South Korean government will not be able to actively cooperate with the U.S. measures. Therefore, the United States temporarily grants exemption arrangements for South Korean companies.