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Regulation 2
1. In this Schedule—
“computer processing unit” means—
a central processing unit (also referred to as “CPU”);
a field programmable gate array (also referred to as “FPGA”);
a microcontroller;
a system on chip;
a graphics processor unit; or
a specialist processor for artificial intelligence applications;
“fabrication” means the process of producing a microelectronic circuit on a semiconductor substrate or using other advanced materials;
“packaging” means the process of turning a microelectronic circuit on an appropriate substrate into a package suitable for use in an electronic circuit but does not include the assembly and packaging of chips and devices into circuit boards;
“roots of trust” means hardware, firmware or software components that are inherently trusted to perform critical security functions.
2. A qualifying entity whose activities consist of one or more of the activities set out in paragraph 3.
3. The activities referred to in paragraph 2 are—
(a)the ownership, creation, supply or exploitation of intellectual property relating to any of the following—
(i)computer processing units;
(ii)architectural, logical or physical designs for such units;
(iii)the instruction set architecture for such units;
(iv)code, written in a low-level language, that can control how such units operate;
(v)integrated circuits with the purpose of providing memory;
(b)the design, maintenance or delivery of a service for the secure provisioning or management of either or both of the following—
(i)roots of trust of computer processing units;
(ii)code, written in a low level language, that can control how such units operate;
(c)the fabrication or packaging of either or both of the following—
(i)computer processing units;
(ii)integrated circuits with the purpose of providing memory.
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