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Tier 3: Countries like Malaysia, India, and similar emerging markets with only around 7% access.
Tier 4: Adversaries such as China and Russia, which are entirely cut off from such advanced chips.
This tiered structure aims to safeguard U.S. technological dominance by restricting critical resources, but it has also precipitated a wave of corporate reactions. Major American tech giants like Nvidia and Oracle are scrambling to adapt—shipping incomplete products abroad and urging Asian clients to accelerate procurement of hardware and cloud services.