Does China have a compute surplus or shortage? Another interesting article flagged by @emergingtechobs.bsky.social describes the complex picture as “short-term sufficiency, long-term shortage” and includes a list of local government compute projects.

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Made in China 2025—Who Is Winning?

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A few thoughts from me and the @csetgeorgetown.bsky.social hivemind on developments over the last week (Stargate, DeepSeek, etc.). These events aren't necessarily surprising from an analytical lens, but they certainly seem to have caught markets and the media off guard.

This is partially by design: US export controls aim to slow down PRC leading-edge compute access, but incentivizing lower compute innovations in China was always a risk. See @hannadohmen.bsky.social and @jacob-feldgoise.bsky.social in @foreignaffairs.com www.foreignaffairs.com/china/limits...

The Limits of the China Chip Ban

Washington’s export controls could end up helping Beijing.

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@hannadohmen.bsky.social and I wrote about the Ascend 910B’s architectural changes, which adds additional context to the die shots in this report cset.georgetown.edu/publication/...

Pushing the Limits: Huawei's AI Chip Tests U.S. Export Controls | Center for Security and Emerging Technology

Since 2019, the U.S. government has imposed restrictive export controls on Huawei—one of China’s leading tech giants—seeking, in part, to hinder the company’s AI chip development efforts. This data sn...

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Martijn Rasser@martijnrasser.bsky.social · 2y ago

Chinese fab SMIC-produced Ascend 910B is massively different from the TSMC-produced Ascend 910 It is believed that the compute chiplet of the Ascend 910B is made by SMIC using its N+1 fabrication technology, which is believed to be a 7nm-class production node. www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...

It appears that the Biden admin is set to announce major new restrictions on China's access to cutting-edge AI chips on Monday. The move aims to slow China's ability to build powerful AI models. 1/ www.wired.com/story/memory...

US to Introduce New Restrictions on China’s Access to Cutting-Edge Chips

The new limits, which are expected to be announced Monday, are intended to slow China's ability to build large and powerful AI models.

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7 of the 25 announced investment awards have been finalized. That's 53% (~$19 bn) of the total announced investments thus far.

Jacob Feldgoise@jacob-feldgoise.bsky.social · 2y ago

The CHIPS office finalized its award to Intel this morning! www.nist.gov/news-events/...

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The CHIPS office finalized its award to Intel this morning! www.nist.gov/news-events/...

Biden-Harris Administration Announces CHIPS Incentives Award with Intel to Advance U.S. Leading-Edge Chip Capacity and Create Tens of Thousands of Jobs

Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce awarded Intel Corporation up to $7.865 billion in direct funding under the CHIPS Incentives Program’s Funding Oppo...

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