(Reuters) – China has introduced recommendations to phase out U.S. Intel (NASDAQ:) and AMD (NASDAQ:) microprocessors from state-owned personal computers and servers, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.
The procurement guidance also aims to push back Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:) Windows operating system and foreign-made database software in favor of domestic options, the report said.
Government agencies above the village level have been ordered to include criteria requiring “secure and reliable” processors and operating systems when making purchases, the newspaper reported.
China’s Ministry of Industry issued a statement in late December with three separate lists of processors, operating systems and a centralized database that are considered “safe and reliable” for three years after the date of publication. All of them belong to Chinese companies, as Reuters checks showed.
Intel and AMD did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment.
The US is seeking to increase domestic semiconductor production and reduce dependence on China and Taiwan through the Biden administration’s 2022 Chips and Science Act.
It is intended to support U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and includes financial assistance for domestic manufacturing with subsidies for the production of advanced chips.