BIS Issues New Controls On Quantum Computing, Advanced Technologies

In an effort to maintain U.S. technological leadership and to ensure continued international collaboration with allies, the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued an interim final rule with innovative new controls on certain critical and emerging technologies. These controls, which have been devised through extensive discussions with international partners, are designed to address the potential national security and foreign policy risks associated with critical technologies that have potential military applications, including quantum computing items, advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment, gate all-around field-effect transistor (GAAFET) technology, and additive manufacturing items.