TCW combines expert-designed AI agents with human review to classify chips, equipment, materials and technology, screen parties and destinations, manage export authorizations, and keep audit-ready records.
Since 2022, U.S. controls on advanced computing chips and semiconductor manufacturing equipment have expanded repeatedly. They reach foreign-made items through foreign direct product rules, and Entity List restrictions extend deep into the supply chain. Fabless companies, foundries, equipment makers, materials suppliers and distributors each face a different version of the problem.
International semiconductor operations can create significant trade compliance complexity. Multiple products, jurisdictions, business partners, and regulatory requirements can make disconnected spreadsheets and manual processes difficult to maintain.
Classifying advanced chips under 3A090 turns on total processing performance and performance density. Manufacturing equipment falls under 3B001 and related ECCNs. Many chips also contain encryption that requires its own classification review.
Non-U.S. fabs, assembly and test providers, and distributors need to know when foreign-made items are subject to U.S. controls because they were made with U.S. technology, software or tools.
Customers, foundry partners and distributors must be screened, and companies owned by listed parties can carry the same restrictions.
Distributors and manufacturers manage thousands of part numbers, often with supplier-provided classifications that are inconsistent or missing.
TCW’s AI agents, designed by trade compliance practitioners, handle the research and analysis behind classification, screening and authorization decisions. Every recommendation cites its regulatory basis. Your team reviews, approves and owns every decision.
A distributor receives an order for a 3A090 accelerator from a contract manufacturer in Malaysia. TCW confirms the classification, screens the customer and the destination, determines whether a license or license exception applies, and records the full decision.
TCW connects product classification, party and destination screening, export authorizations, and compliance knowledge in one platform. AI agents provide research-backed recommendations with regulatory citations, while your team reviews and approves every decision.
TCW classifies chips, equipment, materials, software and technology for ECCN, HTS and Schedule B, including advanced computing performance parameters and encryption, with citations and expert review.
TCW screens customers, suppliers, foundry partners and distributors against restricted-party lists, including ownership-enhanced data that flags companies owned by listed parties, and checks destinations against embargoes and country-based restrictions.
TCW determines license requirements, manages BIS licenses, tracks shipped value and quantity against each license, monitors conditions, and documents the use of license exceptions.
Centralize regulatory knowledge, classification decisions, supporting documentation, and institutional expertise for more consistent decision-making.
TCW’s six modules: Classification, Screening, Authorizations, Transaction Operations, Monitoring & Audit, and Knowledge Management. TCW connects with your ERP, PLM and CRM systems and with sanctions and restricted-party data sources.
Semiconductor export controls affect chip design, manufacturing equipment, international distribution, and technology transfers. TCW connects classification, screening, and export authorization workflows across these activities.
Chip classification and technology transfers to design centers abroad.
Equipment classification and export authorizations for global fab customers.
Classifying large part catalogs and screening high volumes of customers and orders.
Deemed export reviews and records for foreign national engineers in fabs and design centers.
TCW is fully deployed on AWS GovCloud (US). Production environments and client data are accessible only to U.S. persons, with role-based permissions and complete audit logs.
Dedicated cloud infrastructure meeting stringent federal compliance requirements.
Production environments and client data are accessible strictly to verified U.S. persons.
Granular permission controls with immutable logging for complete audit readiness.
Give your compliance, logistics, legal, engineering, and operations teams a centralized system for managing critical trade compliance activities. See how Trade Compliance Workbench can support your semiconductor organization's international trade processes.