Sources: the US commerce department plans to put Chinese memory chip maker YMTC on its “entity list” as early as this week, limiting its ability to get US tech (Financial Times)

Che Pan / South China Morning Post:
A profile of YMTC, China’s top memory chip maker that could end up in the crosshairs of US sanctions; YMTC had 1% share of the global memory chip market in 2020  —  A few months before the US-China trade war started in July 2018, local media coverage of President Xi Jinping was focused …

Ana Swanson / New York Times:
The Biden administration adds 31 Chinese companies and institutions, including YMTC, to an “unverified list”, limiting their ability to obtain regulated US tech  —  The White House is set to issue sweeping restrictions on selling semiconductors and chip-making equipment to China …

Financial Times:
The US Commerce Department puts 36 Chinese companies on its Entity List, including chipmaker Yangtze Memory Technologies and AI chip maker Cambricon  —  ‘Entity list’ changes are focused on limiting development of advanced chips in China  —  The US has placed three dozen Chinese companies …

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: US chip equipment suppliers are pausing business activities and pulling out staff based at China’s YMTC, following US curbs on China’s chip sector  —  Tool makers are pulling out staff and pausing work as they assess the impact of Commerce Department restrictions on semiconductor exports to China

Financial Times:
Sources: Chinese memory chip maker YMTC asks core US staff to leave the company, after its CEO stepped down ahead of the latest US export controls announcement  —  Washington’s restrictions block a vital pipeline of talent for China’s semiconductor industry

Reuters:
Sources: Biden admin plans more curbs on US shipments to China of chipmaking tools and chips for AI, affecting Lam Research, Applied Materials, KLA Corp, others  —  The Biden administration plans next month to broaden curbs on U.S shipments to China of semiconductors used for artificial intelligence …