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posted by hubie on Monday April 01 2024, @09:03PM   Printer-friendly
from the you-can-go-your-own-way-and-call-it-another-lonely-day dept.

China blocks use of Intel and AMD chips in government computers, FT reports By Reuters:

(Reuters) -China has introduced guidelines to phase out U.S. microprocessors from Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) and AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) from government personal computers and servers, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.

The procurement guidance also seeks to sideline Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)'s Windows operating system and foreign-made database software in favour of domestic options, the report said.

Government agencies above the township level have been told to include criteria requiring "safe and reliable" processors and operating systems when making purchases, the newspaper said.

China's industry ministry in late December issued a statement with three separate lists of CPUs, operating systems and centralised database deemed "safe and reliable" for three years after the publication date, all from Chinese companies, Reuters checks showed.

[...] The U.S. has been aiming to boost domestic semiconductor output and reduce reliance on China and Taiwan with the Biden administration's 2022 CHIPS and Science Act.

It is designed to bolster U.S. semiconductors and contains financial aid for domestic production with subsidies for production of advanced chips.


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by SomeRandomGeek on Monday April 01 2024, @10:31PM (2 children)

    by SomeRandomGeek (856) on Monday April 01 2024, @10:31PM (#1351251)

    I don't think this was caused by US trade sanctions. Rather, the US and China both woke up at the same moment and realized that modern war fighting relies on a steady stream of fresh modern microchips for all the fancy new weapons. And the supply chain for those chips is truly global, although centered in Taiwan. So, the US realized that they couldn't make missiles to shoot at China unless China sold them the parts. And China realized that they couldn't make missiles to shoot at the US unless the US sold them the parts. And now, the semiconductor industry is in the process of disentangling supply chains so that all of the major players will still be able to make missiles if all of the major players go to war with each other.

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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday April 02 2024, @02:49PM (1 child)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday April 02 2024, @02:49PM (#1351349) Journal

    Except for Russia.

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    If a lazy person with no education can cross the border and take your job, we need to upgrade your job skills.
    • (Score: 2) by Unixnut on Tuesday April 02 2024, @03:18PM

      by Unixnut (5779) on Tuesday April 02 2024, @03:18PM (#1351352)

      Except for Russia.

      Quite, they seemed to have always kept their silicon fabrication for military/sensitive use in-house, so they own the entire supply chain for production of missiles etc...

      Unfortunately they never put much effort into the commercial side, leaving that for the world market to fill which is now causing them problems. Most likely that will eventually be filled with Chinese chips as well.