Reference · 20 terms
Glossary
Short definitions of the export-control and industry terms used on ChipCorridor. Export-control definitions are paraphrased from the cited Federal Register rule; industry terms link to a company page that uses the term.
Jump to: 9M · BIS · Changed date · DRAM · EAR · Earnings guidance · EDA · Entity List · ERC · Fabless · Footnote 4 · Foundry · Licence review policy · MOFCOM · OSAT · Preliminary results · Presumption of denial · STAR Market · To verify · VEU
- 9M (nine months)
- Cumulative figures for 1 January to 30 September. They are not the same as a third-quarter (Q3) figure. See also: Preliminary results.Term as used by: Source: CXMT announcement 2026-014, as reproduced by CFi.CN · checked
- BIS (Bureau of Industry and Security)
- The US Department of Commerce bureau that administers the Export Administration Regulations, including the Entity List and the Validated End-User program. See also: EAR, Entity List, VEU.Definition based on the rule text: Source: Federal Register 2025-16735 · checked
- Changed date (ChipCorridor)
- The date a record's published content last changed. Re-checking a source without finding a change moves the "last checked" date only. See also: To verify.ChipCorridor method: Source: ChipCorridor methodology · checked
- DRAM
- Dynamic random-access memory, the main working memory in phones, PCs and servers.Term as used by: Source: CXMT home page · checked
- EAR (Export Administration Regulations)
- The US export-control regulations at 15 CFR parts 730 to 774. Items "subject to the EAR" may need a licence for export, reexport or in-country transfer. See also: BIS, Entity List.Definition based on the rule text: Source: Federal Register 2024-28267 · checked
- Earnings guidance (Korea)
- Samsung Electronics' early estimate of quarterly figures, published before its full results. See also: Preliminary results.Term as used by: Source: Samsung Global Newsroom · checked
- EDA
- Electronic design automation: the software used to design and verify chips.Term as used by: Source: Empyrean home page · checked
- Entity List
- Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of the EAR. It names entities that BIS has reasonable cause to believe are involved in activities contrary to US national-security or foreign-policy interests. Exports to them need extra licences, and most licence exceptions are unavailable. See also: Licence review policy, ERC.Definition based on the rule text: Source: Federal Register 2024-28267, section A · checked
- ERC (End-User Review Committee)
- The interagency committee (State, Defense, Energy, Commerce and others) that decides Entity List additions, removals and changes, and that administers the VEU program. See also: Entity List, VEU.Definition based on the rule text: Source: Federal Register 2025-16735 · checked
- Fabless
- A chip company that designs chips and has them made by a foundry, without owning wafer fabs. See also: Foundry.Term as used by: Source: Dosilicon home page · checked
- Footnote 4 (Entity List FDP rule)
- An Entity List designation that brings certain foreign-made items, made from US technology or software, within US controls when a footnote-4 entity is involved (EAR 734.9(e)(2)). See also: Entity List.Definition based on the rule text: Source: Federal Register 2022-27151 · checked
- Foundry (pure-play)
- A company that makes chips designed by other companies. A pure-play foundry does not sell chips of its own design. See also: Fabless.Term as used by: Source: UMC home page · checked
- Licence review policy
- How BIS says it will review licence applications for a listed entity. It appears in the "License review policy" column of the Entity List, for example "presumption of denial" or "case-by-case". See also: Presumption of denial.Definition based on the rule text: Source: Federal Register 2024-28267 · checked
- MOFCOM
- The Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China. It issues China's export-control announcements, such as those on gallium, germanium and related items.Term as used by: Source: MOFCOM announcement page · checked
- OSAT
- Outsourced semiconductor assembly and test: companies that package and test chips for other firms. See also: Foundry.Term as used by: Source: Huatian Technology home page · checked
- Preliminary results
- Unaudited figures a company announces before its full periodic report. They can change in the final report, so ChipCorridor labels them Preliminary. See also: 9M.Term as used by: Source: CXMT announcement 2026-014, as reproduced by CFi.CN · checked
- Presumption of denial
- A licence review policy under which BIS expects to refuse applications. It is the policy stated for most of the semiconductor entities added in 2022 to 2024. See also: Licence review policy, Entity List.Definition based on the rule text: Source: Federal Register 2022-27151 · checked
- STAR Market
- The Sci-Tech Innovation Board (科创板) of the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Many Chinese chip-equipment and chip-design companies list there.Term as used by: Source: SSE STAR Market disclosure (Moore Threads) · checked
- To verify (ChipCorridor status)
- A field that we have not yet confirmed on an official or primary source page. Pages with To verify fields are noindex until they meet the bar on the methodology page. See also: Changed date.ChipCorridor method: Source: ChipCorridor methodology · checked
- VEU (Validated End-User)
- An authorization (EAR 748.15) that lets approved facilities receive eligible items without their suppliers needing individual licences. Removing a facility from the VEU list brings back normal licence requirements. See also: ERC.Definition based on the rule text: Source: Federal Register 2025-16735 · checked
Definitions written by ChipCorridor. source_kind: rule_text = definition paraphrased from the cited Federal Register rule text; usage_example = the cited page uses the term in this sense (the definition itself is ours); site_method = ChipCorridor's own method term.