Chinese chip firm UniVista offers free product trial after US ban on chip design software

UniVista, a Chinese supplier of electronic design automation (EDA) tools for semiconductors, is offering free trials for its key software to Chinese firms, the company said in a WeChat post on Tuesday.

The move comes after the United States ordered a broad swathe of companies, including EDA software suppliers, to stop shipping goods to China without a licence and revoked licences already granted to certain suppliers.