Chinese officials have summoned domestic companies, including major tech firms Tencent and ByteDance, over their purchases of Nvidia’s H20 chips, demanding explanations and expressing concerns about information risks. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) and other agencies have also held meetings in recent weeks with Baidu and smaller Chinese tech companies. According to sources speaking…
US chipmaker Nvidia is reportedly facing a new hurdle in China when it comes to AI chips. China has instructed its domestic companies to avoid using Nvidia’s H20 chips, particularly for government-related projects. This move essentially complicates Nvidia’s – as well as AMD’s – efforts to recover billions in lost revenue and challenges the Trump…
Retired admiral says deal for AI chip sales to China could put national security at risk – CBS News Watch CBS News The Trump administration has reached a deal with American chipmakers Nvidia and AMD to sell two semiconductors to China in exchange for a 15% cut of their revenue. Jo Ling Kent reports. Source…
Nvidia and AMD have reportedly agreed to pay the U.S. government a 15% cut of their revenue from their specialized chip sales in China, in a deal so unconventional the business world is still reeling. The arrangement, effectively a new kind of “export tax,” is an unprecedented move that ends a months-long blockade and reopens…
Elon Musk-owned Tesla recently dissolved its Dojo supercomputer team. According to a Bloomberg report, the EV maker will also discontinue its in-house chip development for autonomous driving technology. An X user Gali @Gfilche welcomed the development, saying “This is a big win”. He said “Tesla’s in house chip design is a key advantage and reason…
The tech giant’s board-approved strategies reveal how legal corporate behavior can undermine national security. Observer Labs America’s geopolitical future increasingly hinges on private technology, and corporations wield influence once reserved for nation-states. Few cases better illustrate the risks of outdated governance standards than Intel—once a national champion, now at the center of a high-stakes global…
The sales resumption of Nvidia’s H20 processors and Advanced Micro Devices’ (AMD) MI308 chips in China is expected to ease the anxiety of local artificial intelligence companies, according to analysts. Speaking at the China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing on Wednesday, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he hoped to introduce more advanced chips to…
Chinese semiconductor developer Loongson Technology has released its next-generation of chips as part of a strategy to “enter new era of AI processors”, according to company statements. The new processors, designated 2K3000 and 3B6000M, share identical silicon but differ in packaging; one for industrial control applications and the other for mobile devices. Both integrate eight…
https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/HPCNB_20250331.mp3 Happy April Fool’s Day Eve to you! Here’s a quick (8:42) review of recent news from the world of HPC-AI, including: – AMD MI355X to debut with a 30,000-GPU Oracle cluster – In the face of U.S. trade policy, ASML to open repair hub in China – EuroHPC-JU’s CINECA selects 140-qubit Pasqal system…
Meanwhile, China wants to hold a meeting between President Xi Jinping and global CEOs. The planned meeting comes as Beijing tries to stabilise falling foreign investment flows into China in recent years. China is keen for the support of global business leaders, many of whom have invested heavily in the country, as it fends off…