Letter to Secretary Raimondo on Safeguarding American Chip Design from Chinese Communist Party Threat – Select Committee on the CCP |
Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, alongside Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and a number of their colleagues on the Select Committee, today sent a letter to Commerce Secretary, Gina Raimondo, calling on the Department to leverage export control authorities to fight against the misuse of open-source technology by the Chinese Communist Party.
In the letter, the lawmakers write, “The industry of chip design is currently dominated by western firms, a chokepoint that the United States has leveraged with its export controls on advanced computing and semiconductors going to the PRC. While the benefits of open-source collaboration on RISC-V promise to be significant, it can only be realized when contributors are working with the sole aim of improving the technology, and not aiding the geopolitical interests of the PRC. In response, the United States should build a robust ecosystem for open-source collaboration among the U.S. and our allies while ensuring the PRC is unable to benefit from that work.”
In addition to Chairman Gallagher, Ranking Member Krishnamoorthi, and Senator Rubio, the letter was penned by Reps. Kathy Castor (D-FL), Rob Wittman (R-VA), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Haley Stevens (D-MI), Andy Barr (R-KY), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), John Moolenar (R-MI), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Jim Banks (R-IN), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), and Carlos Gimenez (R-FL).
In order to preserve technological innovation but also protect U.S. national security interests, the lawmakers ask Secretary Raimondo a number of questions, including:
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