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FCC Gives Intel One-Year Waiver to Keep Foreign-Made Robotic Vehicles Operating in US Fabs

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The FCC granted Intel a one-year waiver to continue using foreign-made robotic vehicles in its US semiconductor fabs, allowing the equipment to remain in operation while the ban’s applicability to it remains unclear. The order also permits certain hardware, software, and firmware changes needed for the vehicles’ continued operation and maintenance. Intel sought the waiver as a precaution after questioning whether the FCC’s ban covered its automated guided vehicles.

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Intel gets waiver amid uncertainty over US ban on foreign-made robotsArs Technica · AI

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  1. Ars Technica · AI
    Intel gets waiver amid uncertainty over US ban on foreign-made robots

    Intel received a one-year FCC waiver to continue using foreign-made robotic vehicles in its US chip fabs after questioning whether the agency’s ban covered the equipment. The FCC’s October 22 order also permits certain hardware, software, and firmware changes needed for continued operation and maintenance. Intel sought the waiver out of caution because the rules’ application to its automated guided vehicles was unclear.

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