Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) wants exporters of the most advanced semiconductors to tell the U.S. government if they find out the chips are off-course or being tampered with.
Cotton, the Senate’s No. 3 Republican and chair of the Intelligence Committee, is introducing a bill today on the issue. It’s part of an effort to keep advanced chips produced by Nvidia and other cutting-edge manufacturers out of the hands of China and other adversaries.
The measure is coming just days after President Donald Trump’s administration announced it will revamp its approach to limiting exports of certain state-of-the-art chips.
