US Department of Commerce: Request to submit business secrets to South Korea, etc .: Samsung Electronics / SK Hynix
-Requests that cross the line-
US Department of Commerce:
For semiconductor companies such as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix
Even business confidentiality such as customer information
Requested to submit.
Request to submit to business confidentiality:
The Ministry of Commerce has set a cause for “solving the shortage of semiconductor supply.”
However, “if this information is leaked to rival companies, it will have a fatal adverse effect on corporate competition.”
It must be said that this is an extremely excessive demand.
Semiconductor Countermeasures Conference:
On September 23, the White House held a semiconductor countermeasures conference for semiconductor and automobile manufacturers.
The United States is hindering automobile production due to a shortage of semiconductor supply for vehicles,
At the meeting, it was thought that it was only about grasping the inventory and sales status.
This request is a follow-up measure to the Semiconductor Countermeasures Conference.
Requirements published in the official bulletin:
Then the Department of Commerce: According to the requirements published through the official bulletin
Sales for the last 3 years,
Technical stage of major integrated circuits (nm),
List of 3 major customers and sales ratio for each product,
It turned out that inventory, yield, etc. were included.
The production time required for the most sold products and
There are also plans to expand production facilities
Included in the requirements.
US Department of Commerce Requirements:
The US demand this time is “beyond the line that the market economy nation must protect.”
The US Department of Commerce has also promised that confidential information will not be leaked to the outside world.
However, no company believes this at face value.
US Government:
The United States, which seems to be a leader in the market economy and free trade, should withdraw excessive demands that undermine the autonomy of foreign companies.
Government of South Korea:
We also hope that the South Korean government will say what it should say to the United States to protect major industries.
Editorial: hankyoreh japan
http://japan.hani.co.kr/arti/opinion/41218.html
US pressures Samsung, chipmakers to disclose key internal data
The American government
is forcing global semiconductor manufacturers to submit internal information on their chip inventory as well as the number of orders and sales data in a move to tackle the ongoing global chip shortage.
The US Secretary of Commerce
Gina Raimondoon Sept. 23 during the White House-hosted global semiconductor summit
said that the government needs more information about the chip supply chain to increase the transparency of the crisis and identify the exact bottlenecks causing the shortage.
The White House
gave the global chipmakers 45 days to answer the voluntary request.Such a request has put the firms in a tight corner as the information on sales, inventory and clients has been widely regarded as corporate secrets.
Global foundry companies such as
South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)
do not publicly disclose their client list.
Samsung is reported to be making chips for Tesla Inc.
but has not officially acknowledged the fact.
The Korea Economic Daily Global Edition