Its interesting how they're pretending China is allowing Nexperia chip export, when the actual published Chinese rules is slavery:
- Only companies that's ran out of chips and facing shutdown can apply, meaning China can keep them in perpetual near shutdown state kill-able at a moment's notice
- The companies can't change to a different supplier, because unless they instantly switch the entire volume over, they'll cease to be in crisis and as such lose Nexperia supply before their new supplier ramps up.
- Companies can only get the chips if they pass comprehensive review, which means they have to disclose anything and everything China requires, continuously. These rules also obviously imply the companies cant stockpile chips, or buy them on someone else' behalf.
China offered them a bomb collar in exchange for being allowed to live, and they're celeberating, lol