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3.E.1."Technology" according to the General Technology Note for the "development" or "production" of equipment or materials specified in 3.A.1., 3.A.2., 3.B. or 3.C.

List
Wassenaar Arrangement – List of Dual-Use Goods and Technologies – WA-LIST (25) 1
Corresponding EU entry
3E001
Note 1 Not used since 2025
Note 2 3.E.1. does not apply to "technology" for integrated circuits specified in 3.A.1.a.3. to 3.A.1.a.12., having all of the following:
a. Using "technology" at or above 0.130 µm; and
b. Incorporating multi-layer structures with three or fewer metal layers.
Note 3 3.E.1. does not apply to 'Process Design Kits' ('PDKs') unless they include libraries implementing functions or technologies for items specified in 3.A.1.
Technical Note
For the purposes of 3.E.1. Note 3, a 'Process Design Kit' ('PDK') is a software tool provided by a semiconductor manufacturer to ensure that the required design practices and rules are taken into account in order to successfully produce a specific integrated circuit design in a specific semiconductor process, in accordance with technological and manufacturing constraints (each semiconductor manufacturing process has its particular 'PDK').