BEIJING–U.S. chip-equipment suppliers are pulling out employees primarily based at China’s main memory-chip maker and pausing enterprise actions there, in line with folks accustomed to the matter, as they grapple with the influence of Commerce Department semiconductor export restrictions.
State-owned Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. is dealing with a freeze in assist from key suppliers together with KLA and Lam Research the folks stated. The suspensions comply with final week’s sweeping curbs imposed by the U.S. on China’s chip sector, ostensibly to forestall American expertise from advancing China’s navy energy, although the influence may attain additional into the business.