Department of Commerce has informed the world’s three leading chip design software providers — Synopsys, Cadence Design Systems and Siemens EDA (part of Siemens Digital Industries Software, a subsidiary of Germany’s Siemens AG) — that recent requirements to seek government licenses for business in China are no longer in place.
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Bureau of Industry & Security — the arm of Department of Commerce that oversees export controls — has issued directives to EDA groups — including Cadence, Synopsys and Siemens EDA — telling them to stop supplying their technology to China.
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