Deemed export
Beginner
Showing secret tech to someone from another country counts as sending it abroad. It counts even if nobody leaves the U.S.
Novice
Under ITAR, handing controlled technical information to a foreign person inside the U.S. counts as exporting it to every country where that person holds citizenship or permanent residency.
Expert
It drives access control on design repositories, EDA compute servers and design reviews. Teams of mixed nationality need licenses, or partitioned data, before anyone touches controlled RTL, netlists or layout.