federal_register: 00-14903
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| 00-14903 | Expansion of License Exception CIV Eligibility for “Microprocessors” Controlled by ECCN 3A001 and Graphics Accelerators Controlled by ECCN 4A003 | Rule | The Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) maintains the Commerce Control List (CCL), which identifies those items subject to Department of Commerce export licensing requirements. Consistent with technological changes, this interim rule adjusts the License Exception CIV eligibility level for microprocessors controlled by Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) 3A001 from a composite theoretical performance (CTP) of equal to or less than 3500 million theoretical operations per second (MTOPS) to a CTP of equal to or less than 4500 MTOPS. This rule also adjusts the License Exception CIV eligibility level for graphics accelerators controlled by Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) 4A003 from 75 million vectors per second to 100 million vectors per second. License Exception CIV authorizes exports and reexports to civil end-users for civil end-uses in Country Group D:1. CIV may not be used for exports or reexports to military end-users or end-uses. To avoid unwarranted burdens on industry and keep the export control levels for commodity microprocessors at controllable levels, the Administration is committed to reviewing the CIV level on an ongoing basis. Based on industry projections, substantially more powerful commodity microprocessors will be released later this year. In light of this information, the Administration will continue to monitor the microprocessor market, and as circumstances warrant, we anticipate raising the CIV eligibility levels from 4500 MTOPS to a level somewhere between 5500 and 7000 MTOPS to account for the more powerful microprocessors entering mass production. The exponential advance of microprocessor technology directly affects High Performance Computer (HPC) technology. Accordingly, the Administration is also committed to reviewing HPC control levels regularly. This summer, we will once again assess the HPC market to determine at what level computers are no longer controllable due to wide commercial production and dissemination of the computers and their components. Additionally, we will determine if the individual licensing levels for computers exported to Tier 2 and Tier 3 countries require adjustment. Finally, we will continue to examine whether CTP remains a viable metric for determining HPC export controls. | 2000-06-13 | 2000 | 6 | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/06/13/00-14903/expansion-of-license-exception-civ-eligibility-for-microprocessors-controlled-by-eccn-3a001-and | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-06-13/pdf/00-14903.pdf | Commerce Department; Export Administration Bureau | 54,150 | The Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) maintains the Commerce Control List (CCL), which identifies those items subject to Department of Commerce export licensing requirements. Consistent with technological changes, this interim rule adjusts the... |