US Senator Marco Rubio calls on Biden to sanction Chinese chip firm Brite

WASHINGTON: Republican lawmaker Marco Rubio on Wednesday urged the Biden administration to sanction Chinese chip design firm Brite Semiconductor over its ties to China’s top sanctioned chipmaker and its work for Chinese military suppliers.

Reuters reported last week that Brite Semiconductor offers chip design services to at least six Chinese military suppliers and is part-owned by SMIC, China’s largest chipmaker, which was blocked from receiving some U.S. technology over its apparent ties to the Chinese military industrial complex.