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4A002

Computers

Category 4Group AWassenaar Arrangement

Description

Not used since 2003

Product Examples

Notes

-Note 1 Computers, related equipment and "software" performing telecommunications or "local area network" functions must also be evaluated against the performance characteristics of Category 5 – Part 1 (Telecommunications).
-Note 2 Control units which directly interconnect the buses or channels of central processing units, 'main storage' or disk controllers are not regarded as telecommunications equipment described in Category 5 – Part 1 (Telecommunications).
-N.B. For the status of "software" specially designed for packet switching, see Category 5.D.1. (Telecommunications).
-Technical Note For the purposes of Note 2, 'main storage' is the primary storage for data or instructions for rapid access by a central processing unit. It consists of the internal storage of a "digital computer" and any hierarchical extension thereto, such as cache storage or non-sequentially accessed extended storage.
-Note 3 Not used since 2015
-Note 4.A.1.a.1. does not apply to computers specially designed for civil automobile, railway train or "civil aircraft" applications. 2. Radiation hardened to exceed any of the following specifications: a. Total Dose 5 x 103 Gy (Si); b. Dose Rate Upset 5 x 106 Gy (Si)/s; or c. Single Event Upset 1 x 10-8 Error/bit/day.
-Note 4.A.1.a.2. does not apply to computers specially designed for "civil aircraft" applications. b. Not used since 2009

Applicable Notes

General Technology Note (GTN)

The export of 'technology' which is 'required' for the 'development', 'production' or 'use' of items controlled in Categories 0 to 9 is controlled according to the provisions in each Category. 'Techno...

General Software Note (GSN)

The Lists do not control 'software' which is either: 1. Generally available to the public by being: a. Sold from stock at retail selling points, without restriction, by means of: (1) Over-the-counter ...

Category 4 - Computers

This category covers digital computers, assemblies and related equipment. The primary control threshold is the Adjusted Peak Performance (APP), measured in Weighted TeraFLOPS (WT). APP is an adjusted ...

Catch-All Clause - Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2021/821

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Cyber-Surveillance Catch-All - Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 2021/821

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4A002

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