BEIJING, Oct 15 (Reuters) - A subsidiary of SiCarrier, a

Chinese chip equipment maker with close links to Huawei

, unveiled two domestically developed software products

for semiconductor designs, the latest move by China to reduce

reliance on foreign technologies.

Yunqifang, a subsidiary of Shenzhen-based SiCarrier,

released two electronic design engineering (EDA) software

products with fully independent intellectual property rights,

Chinese state-backed media the Paper reported.

EDA software is crucial for designing blueprints of

sophisticated semiconductors.

Earlier this year, the U.S. had temporarily imposed

restrictions on exports to China for chip design software

developers in response to China's export suspension of rare

earths and related magnets.

Analysts had warned that long-term U.S. restrictions on EDA

software could severely hinder China's chip design industry,

which remains behind the U.S. in this area of development.

Long-term restrictions on Chinese access to EDA software

would have significantly hampered China's chip design industry,

as it lags behind the U.S. in EDA software development.

The announcement comes after U.S. President Donald Trump

threatened new export controls on "any and all critical

software" by November 1, along with additional levies of 100% on

China's U.S.-bound exports, nine days before existing tariff

relief is set to expire.

Founded in 2021 and owned by the Shenzhen city government,

SiCarrier has gained prominence in China's semiconductor sector

as its ambitious plans and planned product range come to light

amid Beijing's push for self-sufficiency in critical

technologies.