For this reason, the United States government has indicated that the chip industry should diversify its supply chains, with the purpose of disassociating itself from Russia and thus not suffer the impact of this country retaliating by imposing restrictions on the export of materials. key.
Russia will see its supply of chips affected after global sanctions
The sanctions between the United States and the European Union seek to affect Russia from several fronts and one is technological, especially in its ability to buy chips and technology, which could affect its military development in the future.
On Thursday, the US president said they will implement export controls, aimed at cutting Russia off from semiconductors and other advanced technologies that are relevant to the military, biotech and aerospace industries. In this sense, countries such as Japan, Taiwan and South Korea, key in the chip industry, indicated that they will do the same.
“We will attack Russia’s access to important technologies that it needs to build a prosperous future, such as semiconductors or cutting-edge technologies,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.