The U.S. Department of Commerce last week ordered multiple chip equipment companies to halt certain tool shipments to China‘s second-largest chipmaker, Hua Hong, its latest action to slow the country’s development of advanced chips, according to two people familiar with the matter. The department sent letters to at least a handful of companies informing them…
US President Donald Trump has withdrawn the nomination of Landon Heid, a China hawk, for a key post in the countries’ ongoing tech battle, raising questions about whether the move signals a more dovish approach to Beijing. Trump withdrew Heid’s nomination on Wednesday for assistant secretary for export administration at the US Department of Commerce,…
Nvidia is developing a new artificial intelligence chip for China based on its latest Blackwell architecture that will be more powerful than the H20 model it is currently allowed to sell there, according to two people briefed on the matter. US President Donald Trump last week opened the door to the possibility of more advanced…