US To Reportedly Sanction 200 More Chinese Chip Firms (tomshardware.com) 12
The U.S. is preparing to impose new sanctions targeting 200 Chinese chipmakers and potentially restricting the export of High Bandwidth Memory (HBM). The move is intended to further hinder China's semiconductor and AI advancements. Tom's Hardware reports: The update sheds light on the Biden administration's recent efforts to impose stricter regulations on chip manufacturers in China. The latest swarm of sanctions reportedly targets roughly 200 Chinese firms. US companies are prohibited from exporting select technologies or products to the targeted firms. The report suggests that the US Department of Commerce aims to push these new regulations before the Thanksgiving break - or November 28. Neither the Department of Commerce nor the Chamber of Commerce responded to Reuters' request for comments.
Moreover, another wave of sanctions is set to follow in December - targeting the export of HBM (High Bandwidth Memory) - primarily to choke China's advance in the AI domain. The impacts of these restrictions are materializing given that Huawei's Kirin SoCs and Ascend AI accelerators will reportedly remain stuck at 7nm technology until 2026 as SMIC fails to procure cutting-edge Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) machines from ASML.
Moreover, another wave of sanctions is set to follow in December - targeting the export of HBM (High Bandwidth Memory) - primarily to choke China's advance in the AI domain. The impacts of these restrictions are materializing given that Huawei's Kirin SoCs and Ascend AI accelerators will reportedly remain stuck at 7nm technology until 2026 as SMIC fails to procure cutting-edge Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) machines from ASML.
That will make them even stronger (Score:3)
ProTip: Protectionism only works if the other side cannot step up. The Chinese can. Unfortunately. Hence this move is as stupid as they come.
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Have you been listening? Trump is planning far more stupid things in this space....
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Do you remember how well that worked? Any response to new pathogens will be even more anemic now that RFK Jr. will be in control of the HHS. Recall he does not believe in vaccines. Were he to succeed in eliminating them, why would any sane person want to generate sprogs in the U.S. knowing they could easily die from measles, etc., or be maimed for life by polio.
That seems run counter to el Bunko and his Merry Band of Racists who want more healthy white people who aren't poor and ready to practice goosestepp
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You can still get vaccinated. I guess this will just widen the gap between the stupid majority and the non-stupid minority. Unfortunately, the stupid generally have more children so a non-stupid win by attrition is probably off the table.
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ProTip: Protectionism only works if the other side cannot step up. The Chinese can. Unfortunately.
To an extent, but so far no one but ASML have cracked EUV lithography. Intel have pushed DUV further than anyone, working well at about 10nm, but that's probably as far as it'll go. The only alternative is Canon's NIL, which has just launched after 20 years in development but is as yet unproven.
China is very good at electronics manufacturing, and competing is very hard because the deep, complex supply chains, e
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China does not need to replicate what ASML can do to be able to compete.
Hypocrisy (Score:3)
All these sanctions and tariffs come oddly from people who are always expatiating about the marvels of free market capitalism and free trade.
Shouldn't we be encouraging them to develop LLMs? (Score:2)
As long as our country is losing phenomenal amounts of money to this incredible boondoggle, why are we encouraging them to avoid sharing our pain?