According to IT House, the United States has imposed the latest round of sanctions against Russia, including the largest chip foundry in Russia—Micron!
The U.S. Department of the Treasury claims that the purpose of the latest round of sanctions is to impose sanctions on companies that were not included in the sanctions earlier, with the aim of breaking the Russian economy and suspending the development of the Russian technology business sector. It is known that the U.S. will freeze all assets of the companies and individuals on the list in the U.S. and prohibit any trade between them and Americans.
Mikron is one of the only two chip foundries in Russia and accounts for more than 50% of Russian exports of chips for electronics! The Russian company dates back to the Soviet Union and is a long-established chip foundry.
However, Mikron does not have the ability to develop independently, and most rely on imported technology from other countries to enhance their own technical reserves. But even so, in fact, Mikron’s strength is not very strong. It is reported that Mikron achieved the production of a 130 nm process only in 2008, and reached a 90 nm process in 2009. After 2013, Mikron only gradually started using the 65nm process. But for Russia, 65 nm is already very strong!
The U.S. Treasury Department said that Mikron was placed on the sanctions list because it continued to help Russia produce chips for the payment system Mir and was therefore deemed to have a close relationship with Russia. In addition to semiconductor companies, the U.S. is now also targeting a number of Russian companies in other fields, such as Internet companies, the aerospace industry, maritime as well as electronic commerce, and is ready to launch sanctions against them! In an era of global economicization, the U.S. sanctions against Russia are believed to have a great ripple effect!
