By Gabby Chen

(JW Insights) Mar 21 -- Rockchip Electronics(瑞芯微), a listed Chinese IC design company, issued a statement on March 21 to clarify that it has never provided products or technical support to Russian company Hamster Robotics Lab.

The Rockchip's statement is a response to a recent overseas media report that Hamster Robtotics Lab adopted a Chinese "R" company's chips to develop and produce single-board computers, processor modules, and mainboards.

In Rockchip's statement, it emphasized that "Our company has complied with all applicable export control laws and regulations. Rockchip has never conducted any business with prohibited and restricted countries, regions, parties, nor supported any activities that apply Rockchip's products to any end use in violation of applicable export laws and regulations."

Founded in 2001 and listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2020, Rockchip Electronics is headquartered in Fuzhou, southeastern China's Fujian Province. It specializes in developing and supplying system on chip(SoC) products for tablets, PCs, streaming media TV boxes, IoT devices, and other consumer electronics, intelligent hardware, and computer vision sectors.

The Moscow-based Hamster Robotics Lab focuses on developing robotic, microelectronic devices, computing and telecommunication, artificial intelligence, and IoT systems, according to its website.