ang ▁Integr ated ▁Circ uit ▁Design ▁Co ., ▁Ltd ▁( H ygon ). ▁A MD ▁and ▁TH AT IC ▁own ▁differ ing ▁proport ions ▁of ▁these ▁companies . ▁H MC ▁own s ▁the ▁local ▁intellectual ▁property ▁of ▁the ▁chip ▁and ▁sub cont ract s ▁the ▁manufact uring ▁of ▁the ▁chip . ▁H ygon ▁designs ▁the ▁chip ▁and ▁mark ets ▁and ▁s ells ▁the ▁process ors . ▁ ▁History ▁The ▁joint ▁vent ure ▁was ▁announced ▁by ▁A MD ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁The ▁first ▁processor ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 8 . ▁At ▁the ▁Comput ex ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁trade ▁show , ▁A MD ▁CE O ▁Lisa ▁Su ▁confirmed ▁that ▁the ▁lic ence ▁will ▁be ▁limited ▁to ▁the ▁original ▁Z en ▁architecture , ▁and ▁would ▁not ▁be ▁extended ▁to ▁Z en ▁ 2 . ▁ ▁On ▁June ▁ 2 4 , ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁the ▁US ▁government ▁placed ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁parent ▁companies , ▁and ▁thus ▁the ▁joint ▁vent ure , ▁on ▁its ▁export ▁control ▁Entity ▁List , ▁which ▁b ans ▁further ▁technology ▁trans fers ▁from ▁A MD ▁and ▁possibly ▁h amp ers ▁its ▁existing ▁operations . ▁The ▁opinion ▁of ▁An and tech ▁is ▁that ▁further ▁A MD ▁invol vement ▁in ▁the ▁joint ▁vent ure ▁will ▁be ▁minimal ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁ban . ▁ ▁Micro process ors ▁The ▁initial ▁micro processor ▁created ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁is ▁the ▁H ygon ▁D hy ana ▁system ▁on ▁a ▁chip . ▁It ▁is ▁noted ▁to ▁be